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@spectre-8
March 12, 2024 at 7:27 pm
What is this lady’s accent?
@CrazyCowPie
March 12, 2024 at 7:39 pm
We need more Egypt Support!!!
@NRX25
March 12, 2024 at 7:43 pm
D: we need Egyptologist Part 2!
@Nazdaq05
March 12, 2024 at 7:43 pm
First one of these i saw that the “expert” was wrong about so much.
@Turdfergusen382
March 12, 2024 at 7:47 pm
Nice editing
@bigguix
March 12, 2024 at 7:48 pm
pro
@juggadaaku4219
March 12, 2024 at 8:24 pm
So many inaccuracies and the false narrative of pyramids’ history. There is no written proof of the king building the pyramids and sphinx, they have proof of building other stuff and repairing the sphinx.
Older priests themselves say that their culture is an inherited one. Funny how the the list of kings is divided into myth and history by dictators like Hawas.
There is no explanation of the water erosion marks on the enclosure wall of the sphinx.
Curious the timing of this given so many evidences of Egypt being even older are now gaining popularity.
@blancaluna-ramirez5673
March 12, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Love it 😍 Thanks.
@nlberglov8458
March 12, 2024 at 8:31 pm
Where do I find single women like this?
@tmp1111
March 12, 2024 at 8:33 pm
Loved this thank you!
@gabrielasuarez8423
March 12, 2024 at 8:46 pm
Professor Bestock!!!! You were the best teacher a little Egypt obsessed kid could have ever hoped for. Thank you for existing
@zenmasters4992
March 12, 2024 at 8:52 pm
❤
@Wraith3Snpr
March 12, 2024 at 8:55 pm
A lot of interesting questions, but quite a few that makes me tell the people to go outside in the morning, find a school bus, and get on it. I don’t know how anyone missed why they were mummified/brain removal, that Hieroglyphics are readable, etc.
@pauwula
March 12, 2024 at 8:55 pm
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!
@poozizzle
March 12, 2024 at 8:57 pm
“Anciently” is totally in my lexicon now.
@moonshinefuel
March 12, 2024 at 8:58 pm
We don’t need to build pyramids anymore, or mounds, or anything similar to that, our modern day labs in a small warehouse can manufacture all the stuff they were making 1000X time easier. We have better technology now.
@RarelyAChump
March 12, 2024 at 8:59 pm
The Egyptians brain removal really foreshadowed “no thoughts, head empty”
@sabthdog2468
March 12, 2024 at 9:05 pm
So cleo was a loser?
@nickmatalski
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 pm
I need more of this
@dbateman
March 12, 2024 at 9:20 pm
Regarding sugar, would they have had honey and fruits? Those could be good on bread, but they wouldn’t exactly make cookies.
@flavioferreira6220
March 12, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Best episode so far!
@Piperitum
March 12, 2024 at 9:21 pm
more Egypt Support!!!
@BillyOcean336
March 12, 2024 at 9:23 pm
When Drew Barrymore became an Egyptologist
@samhouston1979
March 12, 2024 at 9:24 pm
i hope one day that Indus River Valley Civilization writing would get deciphered
@samhouston1979
March 12, 2024 at 9:27 pm
i wonder what they thought the purpose of the brain was exactly?
@brooklynyc3
March 13, 2024 at 11:36 am
Kings found in pyramids…..
@mohamedyazid2269
March 13, 2024 at 11:36 am
Looks great ya Prof, good Luck
@sagefaribole
March 13, 2024 at 11:49 am
18:10 Proof that virginity is a concept!
@JordiVanderwaal
March 13, 2024 at 12:23 pm
“It’s a social choice, we choose NOT to build pyramids”
THAT is the problem. T_T
@davewatchedthat
March 13, 2024 at 12:25 pm
Shoutout to ancient Egyptian culture for having attitudes about sexuality and gender roles that we’re still trying to normalize to this day.
@edser_b
March 13, 2024 at 12:43 pm
You notice that she’s not a stonemason and has never asked a stone mason how granite can be cut with bronze tools. Egyptologists avoid asking these questions. The stonemason will tell you that bronze saws have little to no effect on granite, and at best can cut a few millimetres every hour using sand and water and lots of hard labour. The resulting groove is not a straight clean cut. It would take large teams many decades just to cut a few blocks with bronze tools. The dropping of stone balls to quarry granite is also impossible as the quantity of stone removed by this method as very, very small. However the quarries in Egypt show strange scoop marks in the granite, even in tight places where a person would have difficulty accessing. Pounding with stones is extremely unlikely.
@xmars8
March 13, 2024 at 12:44 pm
I enjoyed her facts up until she believed that the pyramids were built with copper tools and throwing rocks at another rock.
@Drobib
March 13, 2024 at 1:36 pm
None of those people yt😮
@gonx9906
March 13, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Lapis is found in many places, not only Afganistán.
@vectorwolf
March 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Another movie that went to extremes regarding spoken ancient Egyptian was Stargate, oddly enough. In fact, I dimly remember they were responsible for advancing the field quite a bit.
@alexcrouse
March 13, 2024 at 2:15 pm
Honestly, i love this series.
@johnnyjolijt2
March 13, 2024 at 3:01 pm
So the acient Egyptian described the sun as a ball of dung…Nice!
@federicoderosa6113
March 13, 2024 at 3:32 pm
What a queen
@feelin_fine
March 13, 2024 at 3:41 pm
ABOUT TIME
@georgeghiultu8572
March 13, 2024 at 4:48 pm
I am a bit shocked to see an Egyptologist having to explain questions that I could answer more than 20y ago when I was a teenager. I thought everyone watched Discovery. I was wrong….even stranger is that I’ve never was passionate about ancient Egypt however I’ve always thought to be common sense to understand one’s history…
@amaradejo
March 13, 2024 at 5:29 pm
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!
@marcolozano6019
March 13, 2024 at 5:49 pm
Omg! I can’t stop watching this very engaging and clever lady!
@kaizakkastro9717
March 13, 2024 at 6:18 pm
What ethnicity were ancient Egyptian or kemet
@8ibra8
March 13, 2024 at 6:27 pm
the same as Egyptians today; ie ethnically Egyptian.
@kaizakkastro9717
March 13, 2024 at 6:51 pm
@@8ibra8 so why did they draw themselves very dark in the prymid and didn’t not call themselves arabs
@michaelsalisbury994
March 13, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Eyeball Eagle baboon man standing sideways water water ibis
@BestDARNComputers
March 13, 2024 at 7:41 pm
Name one pharaoh that was buried under one of the pyramids….
@mmmk6793
March 13, 2024 at 7:52 pm
so great❤
@johnvelas70
March 13, 2024 at 8:12 pm
The ancient people, in fact even the common man up to 100 years ago could far out-think us.
We couldn’t build a bridge across the Rhine in 10 days with the tools the Romans used.
We also couldn’t retrace the Lewis and Clark expedition under the same conditions.
@monicatoro2286
March 13, 2024 at 9:02 pm
She’s amazing!
@marywinsor
March 13, 2024 at 9:09 pm
Loved this!!!! I’d love more of these types of history vids with experts answering questions!!
@justinmas299
March 13, 2024 at 9:23 pm
Excellent
@blarfroer8066
March 14, 2024 at 1:19 am
“We can’t recreate pyramids” which part exactly do those people think we can’t recreate with modern tools and engineering methods?
@drefrazier4266
March 14, 2024 at 1:53 am
What kind of moron do you have to be to swear during your simple question to an expert? Or worse, trying to “educate” them. It’s so cringy.
@Viperclarkx01
March 14, 2024 at 2:10 am
Echoing the view that this was a fantastic Q&A. I love how enthusiastic the professor is and I feel like I’ve learned so much.
@jsullivan2112
March 14, 2024 at 2:43 am
Her enthusiasm is so infectious. Also, “We don’t have the technology to build the pyramids today.” Where the heck did they get that idea?
@gsilcoful
March 14, 2024 at 5:54 am
Awesome! Thank you.
@uriituw
March 14, 2024 at 6:06 am
This was awesome!
@BeppyCat
March 14, 2024 at 6:13 am
Why are the questions so aggressive?
@flutter.fleurr
March 14, 2024 at 6:45 am
THATS MY MOM!!!
@islamcneill6879
March 14, 2024 at 7:03 am
She gives me Drew Barrymore vibes
@jaclpz
March 14, 2024 at 7:18 am
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.
@umamin7421
March 14, 2024 at 8:54 am
I like how when she started translating the inscription the subtitles couldn’t follow anymore
@smartwerker
March 14, 2024 at 9:01 am
Egyptology was created by the Vatican to control what Europe knew about africa
@smartwerker
March 14, 2024 at 9:06 am
The oldest pyramids are in Sudan
@skp8748
March 14, 2024 at 4:33 pm
Not true
@Noise_floorxx
March 14, 2024 at 9:54 am
Soo no one is going to talk about how she said n + igga?
@UnknownUnknown-xi3cu
March 14, 2024 at 10:09 am
She wasn’t greek, ..she were Syrian
@UnknownUnknown-xi3cu
March 14, 2024 at 10:10 am
Stop spreading wrong history
@embracethemystery
March 14, 2024 at 11:27 am
people asking an expert Egyptologist, “Did you know…?” is hilarious. Also, don’t watch Ancient Aliens for any facts; it’s pure fantasy entertainment, not science.
@cactusconnoisseur8386
March 14, 2024 at 11:34 am
i took one of her classes and she is literally the best professor ever
@edj6841
March 14, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Would happily watch this for hours!
@Gikendasso
March 14, 2024 at 4:02 pm
When she pointed at the hieroglyphs and pronounced each word and translated each word to English… unf! Loved that!
@chuckz2934
March 14, 2024 at 5:09 pm
Excellent presenter !!
@Schnappschus
March 14, 2024 at 5:48 pm
Omg I love her pls do a part 2 with her!!!
@TranceXZero
March 14, 2024 at 7:08 pm
ANAKSUNAMUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Robinjhoe1
March 14, 2024 at 8:14 pm
Hearing someone taking Ancient aliens seriouly and it even being here shows how much damage it does
@rinoking88
March 14, 2024 at 9:01 pm
Why were ancient Egyptians white/caucasian?
@eriglaser
March 15, 2024 at 4:19 pm
They made ancient Egyptian desert on Tasting History. It was made with honey and dried dates so actually quite sweet. But it was probably a very occasional treat for the average person.
@ididntwanttomakethis6588
March 15, 2024 at 4:26 pm
I could listen to her talk all day, Dr Besstock is fascinating.
@thomaschristopherwhite9043
March 15, 2024 at 4:35 pm
The idiots who keep saying we can’t build the pyramids today forget that we went to the moon and back and the Emiraties build the tallest building in the world while building literal islands in the shape of a palm tree. Pyramids are nothing. It’s impressive at a logistical aspect not an engineering one.
@TheeVande
March 15, 2024 at 4:50 pm
I love how passionate she is and how happy it clearly makes her!
@frankaroni4880
March 15, 2024 at 4:56 pm
why did current America fall?
@sashkad9246
March 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm
WTH are there really people out there who didn’t know ancient egyptian writing has been decyphered? Don’t they learn that at school?
@charlottelanvin7095
March 15, 2024 at 5:11 pm
Ubisoft – who make Assassin’s Creed – is known for trying to make their environments as realistic as possible. In fact, using drones they made a 3D model of the interior of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris for one of their games. That model is being used in the reconstruction and restoration of the cathedral which was severely damaged by fire in 2019
@scoutz0rs
March 15, 2024 at 5:14 pm
God I love The Mummy lol
@j.suis9668
March 15, 2024 at 5:26 pm
People undervalue and seem to want to compare themselves to the ancient Egyptians; like in Mexico, for instance; but tend to not view this epic monumental time as something so important in our history as humans. Ancient Egypt is and forever will be a time when things were being invented. Things we use to today are THANKS to the ancient Egyptians, a mirror for example; ppl think that’s a modern item—, its origin is EGYPTIAN. They used handheld mirrors to apply their eyeliner. Pillows- also an invention of the Egyptians, though different in looks, it served the same propose as a head rest when sleeping and opened the door for other inventors LATER ON to creating what we now use and know as the pillow. Perfume, eyeliner* wigs and mathematics even— ALL EGYPTIAN; the more you research; you’ll see how the Egyptians were more aware of what we know today as “modern” just w/o the zap ding and zoom of electronic technology✨🫶🏻😌
@frozenwarning
March 15, 2024 at 5:56 pm
Is this Drew Barrymore‘s long lost sister?
@MongeyMongey
March 15, 2024 at 6:10 pm
she’s fun
@zerogee2038
March 15, 2024 at 6:18 pm
Mary Beard is to blame…
@canonrob1
March 15, 2024 at 6:22 pm
i doubt that the stones where made by hammering it down to perfect shape and fitment
@lachouette_et_le_phoque
March 15, 2024 at 7:08 pm
why not? People have been doing this for thousands of years, pretty much with just a hammer and chisel. Michelangelo used power tools for none of his sculptures and they’re breathtaking.
@erinmccurdy2326
March 15, 2024 at 6:35 pm
Wonderful video!
@Grayfizzle
March 15, 2024 at 7:02 pm
She reminds me of YouTuber “ATOZY” like she could be his sister….
@CoolHandLuke7
March 15, 2024 at 7:33 pm
The woman Joe Rogan doesn’t want you to know about
@BlunderMunchkin
March 15, 2024 at 7:50 pm
It’s a shame to see how misinformed people are due to shows like Ancient Aliens. These are active disinformation programs that are robbing people of the ability to think critically.
@torque3331
March 15, 2024 at 8:22 pm
so…basically Egypt fell cause they left a woman in charge…got it
@2o3ief
March 15, 2024 at 8:24 pm
People who say are technology cannot build the pyramids, but it can build a tower over a km tall out of steel in a dessert with no bed rock fondation….😂
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March 15, 2024 at 8:25 pm
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March 15, 2024 at 8:29 pm
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@RolandeKretzschmar5
March 15, 2024 at 8:30 pm
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@temporaryname8905
March 15, 2024 at 8:55 pm
I had a feeling people would be asking stupid questions and I was just as disappointed as I thought I would be. 🤦♂
@entomologista
March 15, 2024 at 9:01 pm
I wish I was as smart as this amazing lady!
@genghisgalahad8465
March 15, 2024 at 9:18 pm
5:45 So drop round stones on bigger rocks repeatedly to quarry the massive rocks. Yeah, that lines up with that scale. And copper tools, no doubt. Just for the Giza Plateau builders. The rest of the artisans and builders weren’t as good…
@magicholder
March 15, 2024 at 9:23 pm
she is sooo cute
@stefanolujic9999
March 15, 2024 at 9:26 pm
This lady>>> Netflix
@rish5317
March 16, 2024 at 5:36 pm
One of the best guests I’ve seen on WIRED in a long time! Please bring her back some day, really enjoyed this!
@user-li9yq2ws7s
March 16, 2024 at 5:51 pm
“15th Century Arab Historian” They only highlight their own achievements but won’t even say the name of the historian, Al Maqrizi, the European whitewashing of history is sickening.
@brian1204
March 16, 2024 at 6:02 pm
Easy… it lost its balance…
@vinnieretro5519
March 16, 2024 at 6:04 pm
It’s terrifying how many of the people asking questions have succumb to misinformation, or just don’t seem to know basic things like the fact historians can read ancient Egyptian script
@RikiGuitarist
March 16, 2024 at 6:14 pm
Nature has shown us the ideal form for creating high structures out of rock: mountains. Makes sense that’s what cultures around the world used before steel.
@bhavyamod896
March 16, 2024 at 6:16 pm
I just visited the Egyptian exhibition here in Aus and this video shows up on my feed! Loved your explanations ❤️
@marcelma
March 16, 2024 at 6:17 pm
You narrate the standare egyptian narrative and I am still wondering how do you actually know when who did what…
@Glisern
March 16, 2024 at 6:33 pm
bc? ad? Oh you mean bce and ce gotchya…
@staffmaster6943
March 16, 2024 at 7:17 pm
Snowflake
@RajahHindustani
March 16, 2024 at 6:34 pm
Do an Indologist!
@MajaFucak93
March 16, 2024 at 6:47 pm
full of bs
@MajaFucak93
March 16, 2024 at 6:54 pm
First of all she didnt tell us anything new. We all learned this in elementary school. Basics.
Second most of things she claims are 100% truth are just speculations and they are teaching this to us a s absolute fact.
@Timeismana
March 16, 2024 at 6:53 pm
She’a great, bring her back!!
@ThinWhiteAxe
March 16, 2024 at 6:55 pm
I’ve been fascinated with Amcient Egyptian culture since I was a little kid, and I read everything I could get my hands on, so I already knew most of this stuff, but the presenter’s enthusiasm is so infectious, it made it very entertaining!
@robpolaris5002
March 16, 2024 at 7:04 pm
Because the aliens stopped making pyramids for them! 😂
@Zhm6802
March 16, 2024 at 7:11 pm
Egypt is a country like no other, the land of the ancient and Muslim civilizations.
@brandycoke713
March 16, 2024 at 7:31 pm
Did she mention that Egypt is in Africa
@quasinfinity
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 pm
A little sad to not see speculation on the bronze age collapse when asked about the fall of ancient Egypt. I’m sure she has thoughts.
@emmarushworth3016
March 16, 2024 at 7:53 pm
Hatshepsut is such a slay answer
@Silberwolf01
March 16, 2024 at 8:08 pm
Interesting interview! 🙂
@GK-sn1jx
March 16, 2024 at 8:12 pm
As a Joe Rogan fan who is tired of him incessantly talking about ancient aliens and Egypt in the same sentence, I think Professor Bestock would be a great guest on his podcast.
@georgewang2947
March 16, 2024 at 8:16 pm
She could probably do a pretty good Drew Barrymore impression
@Jeskrist5
March 16, 2024 at 8:24 pm
You can tell she was really obsessed with this as a child XD
@Adakechi
March 16, 2024 at 8:29 pm
I was OBSESSED with ancient Egypt in middle school. I have literally no idea why. It was like, my only personality trait. I had no idea why.
@rasbac666
March 16, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Why are egyptologist so certain that Khufu actually built the largest Giza pyramid? Could it been he wanted cred and just tagged it later on? Why is it called a tomb since there are none of the wall decorations associated with the afterlife.
Why where the pyramids claimed to be built by later dynasties of inferior quality compared to the Giza pyramid complex? Technology usually advances with time.
@crisoliveira2644
March 16, 2024 at 9:15 pm
Did ancient Egypt really not have bars? (I’m really unsure how to order that question) The Old Babylonians had…
@johnnypottseed
March 16, 2024 at 9:26 pm
All pseudo intellectuals learn to talk like this.
@michaeljamieson3582
March 17, 2024 at 6:17 pm
As well as very informative, this is a quality Drew Barrymore impression.
@user-zf7ig4uu1p
March 17, 2024 at 6:23 pm
She said Cleopatra was Greek, but unfortunately my grandmother told me not to care what she said because Cleopatra was black.
@golden_smaug
March 17, 2024 at 6:29 pm
I love her enthusiasm
@thesonofmaniscoming1694
March 17, 2024 at 6:29 pm
God considers there to be four great empires of man. They are:
Babylonian Empire
Medo-Persia Empire
Grecian Empire (Alexander “the great”)
Roman Empire
The Grecian and Roman empires both conquered and held Egypt as part of their empires. The Egyptians had Kingdoms, but never an Empire.
@potato9832
March 17, 2024 at 6:30 pm
“Cleopatra was Greek”
Uh oh. You just made Jada Pinkett Smith angry again.
@jfcfanfic
March 17, 2024 at 6:33 pm
Love it
@robertedwards5309
March 17, 2024 at 6:33 pm
This is absolutely hilarious.
@HedgeKnight170
March 17, 2024 at 6:50 pm
Give her a show! Awesome content! She’s so knowledgeable!
@carolbuzelim
March 17, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Im sorry the party what now????
Those questions and answers were awesome
@heavenisacloud
March 17, 2024 at 6:57 pm
i’m playing Pyramids by Frank Ocean after this
@BlakeBlackstone
March 17, 2024 at 7:06 pm
The aliens stopped coming because they realized humans are stupid.
@Nixitur
March 17, 2024 at 7:11 pm
Huge props to her for keeping her composure when Ancient Aliens was mentioned. That show is just pseudoscience piled on nonsense and misinformation.
@patrickbureau1402
March 17, 2024 at 7:12 pm
“” whatchoo KINGDOM talkin’ ’bout Willis?””
@imzadi83fanvids7
March 17, 2024 at 7:16 pm
Did they have honey? If they did they would have been able to make some kind of sweetened bake goods.
@dungeonquesting8075
March 17, 2024 at 7:33 pm
Cleopatra was a terrible leaser
@SB-mg3ho
March 17, 2024 at 7:37 pm
Because Jeff Bezos was incarnated Pharoh?
@weaponizedemoticon1131
March 17, 2024 at 7:40 pm
Thank you for your patience in answering several of these questions.
Wonderful video!
@easypeasey1257
March 17, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Loved how she debunked the conspiracy theorist regarding “we can’t build” pyramids. 🙂
@MagusFlorren
March 17, 2024 at 8:27 pm
She has so much charisma
@caseymcfann4433
March 17, 2024 at 8:29 pm
You can tell she doesnt feel confident talking about the Egyptian tools used for pyramid construction. IMHO the most important tool in their construction was water. They had mastered controlling water, based on the flooding of the nile, which was their mode of transport. Additionally, they used water for cutting the stone, as well as powering the cranes through water wheels and leverage. It is my belief that they also had circular metallic blades as well as wire saws. I have always found the pyramids to be fascinating amd in time I have run the gaunlet of theories as to construction. Feel free to challenge me if you think Im wrong. All that said, great video. Cheers
@cuoregoon
March 17, 2024 at 8:35 pm
Editor really did her dirty with that censor @3:00
@cbshine
March 17, 2024 at 8:52 pm
Shot up they nose to impose what basically. Still goes on today, you see?
@The_Architekt
March 17, 2024 at 9:00 pm
Yeah they built the pyramids with that that stupid little thing on a string and chisel stfu lady 😂😂😂
@guniamare439
March 17, 2024 at 9:07 pm
❤❤❤
@wcarcass
March 17, 2024 at 9:09 pm
So funny how some guys asked “do you know…?” to an Egyptologist about some random fact they probably learned in Wikipedia
@Thierrystheories
March 18, 2024 at 7:13 pm
Great vid – she’s very nice at explaining
@rachelclifford9190
March 18, 2024 at 7:18 pm
I use an XRF in my research! I’m a biogeochemist and I study carbon sequestration in marine sediments
@danielvanpatten9526
March 18, 2024 at 7:19 pm
I teach Ancient World History and the students always find Ancient Egypt so fascinating. Your passion for the topic really shines through and reminds me why I love history so much!
@Richster-tt7vg
March 18, 2024 at 7:25 pm
“Ancient Egypt was already ancient in ancient Egypt” yessss I loved that because it’s so true how sometimes we ignore the magnitude of how far back some things go by, and also interesting when you think how much prior knowledge and even older civilizations inspired and helped build the pyramids
@ollie1234567lol
March 18, 2024 at 7:26 pm
Listen to Graham Hancock talk about the pyramids. He makes this lady’s opinions hard to digest.
@Guidofaux
March 18, 2024 at 7:28 pm
Huh, so this is what it would look like if Drew Barrymore took up Egyptology rather than acting 😅
@RatedBuck
March 18, 2024 at 7:28 pm
Jesus Christ is closer to BC than *Enter any secular character to hide Before Christ*
She mentions a white lady.. bet she wont mention black egytians.
This here is a prime example of white Supremacy.
@erdenealtan6482
March 18, 2024 at 7:32 pm
You should go to the Joe Rogan podcast 😅
@lu_nolla
March 18, 2024 at 7:37 pm
Every little thing I learn about ancient Egypt makes me crave to know it all… This lady is the nicest and so didactic❤
@Zzues
March 18, 2024 at 7:41 pm
She is amazing, would love to hear her talk much more about Egypt!
@craigh5236
March 18, 2024 at 7:46 pm
But you didn’t answer the most important question: Was Daniel Jackson right about the pyramids being landing pads for space craft?
@panqueque445
March 18, 2024 at 7:48 pm
“Did you know that…”
No, Susan, I’m sure the ancient Egyptian expert has not heard your super basic, common knowledge fact
@nroger01
March 18, 2024 at 7:52 pm
Dear Lord please forgive our ignorance and pride.
@Mr_ToR
March 18, 2024 at 7:52 pm
What a cool prof. I don’t mind listening to her any day.
@soft-llama1530
March 18, 2024 at 7:53 pm
3:03 yo fix this, it says bars n sh**.
@phyllyweezy1
March 18, 2024 at 7:55 pm
She don’t know anything about ancient Egypt 😂
@nroger01
March 18, 2024 at 7:59 pm
So they wrote some pharoahs out of history if they were monotheistic? I wonder what happened after they were impacted by YHWH of the Isrealites?
@amadeusandrew76
March 18, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Omg you are awesome! I loved this thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
@nroger01
March 18, 2024 at 8:08 pm
What if Egyptian gods are biblical fallen angels masquerading as ancestors and gods and are actually living in everyday people?
Ive cast demons out of myself.
@dakotac180
March 18, 2024 at 9:06 pm
It’s wild to think ancient Egypt was already ancient when Cleo was alive…
@pinoycaster1
March 18, 2024 at 9:09 pm
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@beurksman
March 18, 2024 at 9:10 pm
The wild canine species of (ancient) Egypt was reclassified in 2015 as the African wolf which is more closely related to wolves and coyotes than the jackal. It’s unclear which canid represents Anubis and his black colour is purely symbolic. Greeks referred to him as having a dog’s head. She already knows this but I thought you should, too.
@100zazz
March 18, 2024 at 9:10 pm
Her vocal fry low key irritating but tolerable given the information she is giving
@kit2770
March 18, 2024 at 9:15 pm
Lettuce, the most boring vegetable of all time, an aphrodisiac? I wouldn’t have guessed that.
@Nazuiko
March 18, 2024 at 9:22 pm
“We cant build pyramids anymore!” Is the Washington Monument not a very thin pyramid and we built that 180 years ago? We cant make smooth rocks when we have a giant metal pyramid triple the height of the largest Egyptian ones, again in the 19th century? And today’s tall metal buildings are six or more times the height. Such ornate and beautiful shapes and twisting of metal is a lot harder than grinding down limestone … And we have replicated pyramids for a hunting and fishing store even.
Pseudoarchaeologists are mind-bendingly stupid, but this is by far the dumbest take
@craftylemon2460
March 19, 2024 at 2:33 pm
I don’t care about facts. Cleopatra was black.
@SUZABQ
March 19, 2024 at 2:35 pm
excellent information.
@kekepalmer8901
March 19, 2024 at 2:59 pm
She reminds me of the ancient Rome expert. please get more female historians on here they are so so good
@thatonepersonuh
March 19, 2024 at 3:08 pm
Time stamp for me 🙂
9:30
@youngthugger7109
March 19, 2024 at 3:10 pm
you would think an egyptologist would be more educated on ancient Egypt
@mball831
March 19, 2024 at 3:54 pm
Lol
@youngthugger7109
March 19, 2024 at 3:16 pm
shes an expert in misinformation and puppet of the government
@myboysd5772
March 19, 2024 at 5:50 pm
What government and what misinformation?
@pidx
March 19, 2024 at 8:49 pm
none of this would help a government spread any ideas?
@Purzius
March 19, 2024 at 3:18 pm
This was so good ^^ I want her as my professor!
@Kremit_the_Forg
March 19, 2024 at 3:28 pm
14:40-ish
They did have honey though, sooo little pyramid cookies arn’t totally off the table
@AD-kv9kj
March 19, 2024 at 3:40 pm
ALL empires fail. It is impossible to maintain any empire forever, or for as long as human beings are around anyway. They’ll always devolve, spread themselves too thin, cause uprisings, greatly change with new technologies and new understandings of things and be replaced eventually by new forms of society. The trick is not trying to cling to empires, but to accept the facts of life and necessities of society, so that we evolve and create a society that moves intelligently with change and operates by scientific method, reason and mutual understanding and support of one another. Ancient empires were occasionally able to survive for many hundreds to even thousands of years at a time because the rate of technological change was very very slow, but even ancient Egypt was not in fact just one civilization and empire that just survived thousands of years, it collapsed multiple times and was rebuilt in new ways.
@pauless76
March 19, 2024 at 4:03 pm
it’s incredible to see that the intellectual level of the questions is about the same of a child of 7 to 9 years old. The words used to formulate them, the topics requested and the superficial grade of curiosity are really disappointing. Why did the creator of this video decided to take these questions into account?
@dhrubaintisher8169
March 19, 2024 at 4:10 pm
Ms. Laurel rocks! What an amazing video!!!
@kingblackthorn4195
March 19, 2024 at 4:41 pm
I am in the field as well. She is amazing and really love how she talked about. Egypt’s beginnings is rough of course, some say it started in 5000 BCE as well with some early archaeological evidence supporting it as well. I say even though the first king was in 3000 BCE it started in 5000 BCE. AC Origins is also easily one of the best representations of Ancient Egypt. My professor for some of my Egyptology classes would literally use screenshots for it, and she talked about how Ubisoft had a massive team of Egyptologists that worked extensively to help them build the game’s settings, lore and story.
@johnmccadden7121
March 19, 2024 at 4:44 pm
There are some compelling questions being asked by archeologists today about Egyptian history that challenges some of the things she says in the first few seconds.
@RupertTheOctopus
March 19, 2024 at 5:11 pm
1 in the replies if you would
@mario897ful
March 19, 2024 at 5:43 pm
I could listen to her talking for hours. She has a great ability to share knowledge. Please make a second video!
@Earl_E_Burd
March 19, 2024 at 6:11 pm
A prophecy of excessive feminism
@adamoconnor6399
March 19, 2024 at 6:13 pm
Right so she knows who built the first pyramid but no one knows how they built it…. Egyptians never built the pyramids
@Mr.Unacceptable
March 19, 2024 at 6:15 pm
When asked what Egypt contributed to the world. You didn’t bring up they perfected beer making. The payment system for paying the builders. just like the moon landing inspired a lot we take for granted that would never have come about without it. The pyramids influenced a lot of basic things in the same way. payroll, engineering, math, money, counting. some things would have come round eventually but many things would not or be very different because they needed one little thing that inspired another that inspired another. Maybe we would not have the printing press or cotton gin without the foundations of what the pyramids inspired.
@Nederlance
March 19, 2024 at 6:20 pm
Why is her mouth upside down
@caivsivlivs
March 19, 2024 at 7:20 pm
she’s great need more
@SophietheValiant
March 19, 2024 at 7:27 pm
Waaaa thanks 🎉
@SosasCountrysideMeditations
March 19, 2024 at 7:46 pm
She’s lovely and super interesting
@MrPetjam08
March 19, 2024 at 8:45 pm
She is awesome!
@charismw2319
March 19, 2024 at 9:08 pm
I could watch this all day
@onfzd
March 19, 2024 at 9:13 pm
She and Professor Ginsberg (the Ancient Rome expert) should make a video quizzing each other!
@christiaancoetzee1696
March 20, 2024 at 12:49 pm
The “you can’t actually walk like an Egyptian” joke got me
@user-rx6hv5gu9z
March 20, 2024 at 1:02 pm
In fact the pyramid in Palenque Chiapas México is the tomb of Pacal, found in situ by Ruz Llulier. And no remains of humans have been found in pyramids in Egypt; only conjectured to have been placed therin.
@user-rx6hv5gu9z
March 20, 2024 at 1:08 pm
Also why would hypothetical Aliens wish to preserve human remains at enormous cost. And who really has practical interest in the ancient Aliens beyond some discussion of i told ya so? I just can not become interested in Aliens actual or ancient.
@dogghammer
March 20, 2024 at 1:24 pm
I dont care what you wrote in tour phd but my grandma told me that cleopatra was black
@angusbarclay66
March 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm
What a joyous lady nice lady !!!
@Kemet3.0
March 20, 2024 at 2:40 pm
“I find it amusing; they were never referred themselves as Egyptians.
And, for you to just draw a white face on ancient black icon is blasphemy.
Are you kidding me @(1:24) The Great Sphinx is not a white face?
Once again, there seems to be a disconnect reality; they persistently fabricate and alter images, displaying cognitive dissonance.”
They keep dismissing all these thousands of indigenous black Africans images,statues, wall painting and culture hairstyles.
For god sake all the Kemetic/Egyptians and Nubians soldiers are black African wearing afros.
After I saw several close up of the Kemetic/Egyptian and Nubian soldiers hair and face.
I dropped the mic.
@hailiebaker6923
March 20, 2024 at 2:54 pm
I love listening to her talk about this. You can tell she is passionate and is meant to be the expert for this❤
@pdzombie1906
March 20, 2024 at 3:28 pm
OMG, Laurel, that was so, like, egypstacular!!! Thanks, girlfriend!!
@chronicwizdom8638
March 20, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Idk I think a lot of history as a whole that wasn’t recorded in some form & especially the Egyptians history is all a guess, I still have a hard time believing we deciphered hieroglyphs & actually know for a fact what we think we’re reading
@duck4834
March 20, 2024 at 3:30 pm
I don’t believe the ancient pregnancy test part. If it was so effective then why wasn’t it common knowledge before the modern era?
@mzivanovic677
March 20, 2024 at 3:36 pm
A charming lady and her knowledge and enthusiasm are impressive
@AstarionWifey
March 20, 2024 at 3:52 pm
She makes me want to go back to school and do this major 😂❤
@thejwvariety
March 20, 2024 at 4:04 pm
if drew barrymore became an egyptology professor
@Oouri.0.2.0
March 20, 2024 at 4:20 pm
pull the brain out of the nose? commonnnnn
@sillydumbkai
March 20, 2024 at 4:34 pm
she clearly loves her job so much i’m obsessed with her answers
@goodboi8569
March 20, 2024 at 4:42 pm
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-ki6id4vt8u
March 20, 2024 at 5:09 pm
Cause of romans duh
@SC-dm1ct
March 20, 2024 at 5:18 pm
I thought they used some type of proto-cement mix to do most of the outer blocks, and only quarried for the inside of the Pyramids.
@4funrc11
March 20, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Didn’t have sugar? But they had honey, and other sweetings, right?
@ahmedabdelfattah1749
March 20, 2024 at 5:38 pm
She is cool .
@jfarmerswatermelon6061
March 20, 2024 at 6:03 pm
Ugh i love listening to ppl who are passionate about certain subject
@KLS1995
March 20, 2024 at 6:19 pm
“The sphinx depicts the king Khafre” Followed by the image of Khafre who clearly does not depict the sphinx.
@tyr3759
March 20, 2024 at 6:35 pm
1:35 yeah, no. You can’t say that with any certainty. So no. Disqualified.
@natashasadaeva3530
March 20, 2024 at 7:10 pm
I could listen to her all day
@EmpereurNapoleonex
March 20, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Love the enthusiasm
@lilalitaa
March 21, 2024 at 8:30 am
She‘s a hoot bring her back !!
@petera7695
March 21, 2024 at 8:51 am
This was amazing! Do a Greek one next please
@diegoferreiro9478
March 21, 2024 at 9:08 am
0:51 ooooh, come on! We all know Obelix did it!
@renee_angelica
March 21, 2024 at 11:39 am
This is the content I’ve been looking for
@Wannabearborist
March 21, 2024 at 1:11 pm
“Why did ancient Egypt fall”
That’s a stupid question, that’s the same as asking “why did joe Biden fall on the stairs of airforce one” to both the answer is because they are old
@damonlaru8646
March 21, 2024 at 1:37 pm
This is almost an exaggeration of the west coast drawl. Calm down Drew Barrymore.
@bmills022
March 21, 2024 at 2:17 pm
Ughhh you know who should actually decide how the pyramids were built? Engineers, because they actually build things…
@aliusmanbajwa6422
March 21, 2024 at 2:18 pm
Make a video on Harrapan civilisation
@Uncool-vn5vz
March 21, 2024 at 2:24 pm
The nose was broken by an intolerant Muslim who couldn’t stand local rituals, as directed by his teacher, Ph.Mohammad.
@serrie85
March 21, 2024 at 2:27 pm
Why does Egypt have Pyramids?
Because they were too heavy for the English to steal.
@savagecabbage553
March 21, 2024 at 2:30 pm
Joe Rogan better be takin notes on how they built the pyramids.
@deemon710
March 21, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Y’know. If the brain was scrambled like scrambled eggs, I don’t see a hook being a good way to extract it through the nose. If ancient Egyptians were so smart, I bet someone would’ve figured out to stick a reed or other straw-like instrument up the other nostril and blow like you’re shooting out a booger. 😂
@Cirathos
March 21, 2024 at 3:33 pm
When did you visit Egypt, specifically, the pyramids? Beer was not as it was today, it was considered like a refreshing beverage. I think you are not a person that knows about cultural history. Workers did NOT get drunk you hypocrite. They drank as a vitamin substitute.
@miguel5785
March 21, 2024 at 3:55 pm
Why would they want to make the stones perfectly horizontal and vertical only to clad the sides in limestone diagonally afterwards? If you’re going to cover it in limestone, you don’t need to have perfectly vertical stones, do you?
@thehabeeeeeb
March 21, 2024 at 4:00 pm
When she read the gliphs that was awesome!
@yogz90
March 21, 2024 at 4:36 pm
Here I go daydreaming about my teacher again 😍
@-Siknakaliux-II
March 21, 2024 at 5:13 pm
I just finished watching YuGiOh and I get this in my recommended lol
@edgalaxie
March 21, 2024 at 5:13 pm
If the people asking these questions were intelligent, they wouldn’t be on Twitter.
@Noname-qr1it
March 21, 2024 at 6:14 pm
👀👂🏽👂🏽
@Arcadiez
March 21, 2024 at 6:26 pm
Egypt was so advanced before they adapted islam.. now look at what they achieved since then.. they went back in advanced time
@goskawow1943
March 21, 2024 at 7:24 pm
despite being asked who the best pharaoh was, you felt the need to say your personal favorite was the only women pharaoh….and you did not list off any accomplishments other than she used woman language when referring to herself….and yet you probably wonder why many people question the value of college education
@ctusiard9755
March 21, 2024 at 7:39 pm
“God Horace”
@1jfmurray
March 21, 2024 at 8:04 pm
You forgot to mention the landing pads for space ships.
@jonescrusher1
March 21, 2024 at 8:07 pm
Nice to hear something based in fact on ancient Egypt.
@whogivesacrapaboutastupidc2313
March 21, 2024 at 9:26 pm
I love your enthusiasm. You’re dead wrong.