3 Mysteries From Ancient Egypt's Undocumented Mummies | Mummy Forensics | Odyssey

Joann Fletcher investigates some of Ancient Egypt's most enigmatic mummies and the cause of their death. Each of them hides a gruesome Egypt and in the ancient world, things often aren't as they seem.
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[@the_moo000oon]

for those of us using this as a sleep aid, i am in bed with every single one of you. sweet dreams

[@bernadineweber4382]

❤

[@hannahdixon8365]

something about history documentaries are so good to sleep too, goodnight and sweet dreams for the next time you use this video ❤

[@jazzlee8476]

I thought I was the only one. I Clicked this and happily turned over to slumber as the documentary watched me instead of me watch it ☺️😂

[@Bmcfc13]

Sweat dreams 😴

[@TheStinkysteve]

Exactly why I’m here ❤️

[@monicacall7532]

Does anyone else completely nerd out on all things Ancient Egyptian? I blame/bless my 4th grade teacher for introducing me to this subject and making it so fascinating. Thanks Mrs. Williams!

[@aserta]

Man, the editor was really in love with that "woosh woosh" sound effect. They got all their money's worth out of it, and then some.

[@jamesc8259]

Yeah that’s one thing I gotta agree with these documentaries. Sometimes the audio is a bit off too. I think they work with a limited budget. They try their best though. I still enjoy them.

[@alix5514]

@@jamesc8259 But why have "music" at all?? Jeez laweez ...

[@ecm84ee]

😂😂😂😂 or that's the only one they could afford the rights to

[@kodykindhart5644]

Tell them to hire super secret band/studio

[@MaryClineMitchell-MVM]

😂

[@pixiesouter9461]

Thank you, Dr. Fletcher, for providing myself, and I imagine countless others, the perfect fascinating documentaries to listen to while doing housework, hiking, or falling asleep. There is no part of my day that isn't made exponentially better by your soothing voice and interesting subject matters 😊

[@serenity6415]

Her passion for her field is infectious , isn't it? It's delightful. I just cannot learn enough. She feeds my addiction

[@thebreezelife]

Sameeee I listen to these falling asleep

[@bethanysimpson5310]

Dr Fletcher rocks

[@Ola_S.]

Please post Joan Fletcher's documentary on Nefertiti from 2003!!! I know Fletcher's conclusions in it were extremely controversial, but it was beautifully shot, had stunning music and covered the life of Nefertiti very well, like no other documentary, I believe very many people would love to watch it again despite the controversy.

[@rebeccapauk4707]

Did they eventually post? Where can i find? I’d love to watch it!

[@jodyel]

@@rebeccapauk4707 It's on Daily Motion. Can't post link so you'll have to search there. Title is NG Nefertiti Resurrected posted there six months ago.

[@glikky]

What was the controversy about?

[@Ola_S.]

@@glikky Quite a few other Egyptologists didn't agree that the data used by Fletcher to identify a certain mummy as Nefertiti was not sufficient, that only a comparative DNA analysis of this mummy's tissue and that of some other mummy which was beyond doubt identified as a close relative of Nefertiti could be prrof that these are in fact Nefertiti's remains. And though in case of Nefertiti no such analysis is possible because none of her relatives' remains have ever been found/identified, Fletcher still faced such a storm of criticism for her conclusions in that documentary that she has never again made any other documentaries about Nefertiti.

[@Ola_S.]

@@rebeccapauk4707 As of yet they haven't, unfortunately. I was recently able to find that documentary on another platform, so I've uploaded it as unlisted, let's hope it won't be blocked - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4uve4OqbdiqjdU

[@stevecarte8520]

I feel it necessary to say that I am in love with Dr Joann Fletcher. To start with, redheads are my kryptonite. Loll❤😊. But add her beauty and brilliant mind and I'm hooked like a starving catfish. Thank you Dr for the hours of education and thank you Odyssey for providing educational Television after a century of hundreds of channels of mind numbing garbage. I spent decades lamenting the lack of anything creative or productive on the greatest medium ever. Now, not only do you provide creative, productive, educational programming, but you do it through a witty, intelligent, beautiful , charming, captivating woman who I wish I could lavish attention on the rest of my life. Thank you, always yours, Steve Carte

[@jollypoorman]

This tutorial on Useful Use of Punctual Sound Effects For the Making of Exciting Video was tremendous. I now realize I’ve been wrong all along - you CAN use the stock Whipcrack/Firey Ignition Sound Effect (TM) at the end of every spoken sentence and it ‘ignites’ my desire to keep watching! I can’t wait to start my wedding video editing service with this newfound knowledge.

[@jfm5949]

Ok , while the new kingdom royal mummies (18th dynasty) may have had an overbite indicating of royal status , this is a 21st dynasty mummy ( a few hundred years later ) where the royal family have changed actual families ( eg Aye/ Horemheb moving to SETI / Rameses - two distinctly separate ‘families’ from opposite ends of Kemet , it would be highly erroneous to use any overbite as a definitive indicator of royal provenance. Better would be the manner of mummification / oils used / wear and tear of the teeth etc . I love this series but I think they are initially overextending assumptions to fit the narrative in this particular case . But very interesting !

[@PeppieP]

I really enjoyed these videos, it is so extraordinary that today we can help try to identify people from thousands of years ago; or at least be able to say how and when they died. Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for this insight.

[@erinwhitbeck1474]

For the second part i hope "The Lady" was able move on to the Afterlife

[@elysusa2088]

I prayed for her may God forgive her and for whoever was involved in her death may God have mercy because Hell is as real as evildoers are roaming this world destroying the innocence of mankind

[@albertenriquecrowleybeastc217]

Imo she was able to receive proper last rites by her secret being found out and her name being spoken again. They wanted her to be punished in the afterlife, but what could she have possibly done to make them hate her so much that all the elite came together to do what all they did to her???

[@ernestweaver9720]

Excellent job. Thank you.

[@debrabatson6678]

Great show! Love the info revealed!

[@sukichann6739]

Lovely piece❤ cheers from the states

[@walterulasinksi7031]

The evidence presented indicates that the mummy was most likely from the 19th Dynasty. This would include the children if Ramses II. He outlived most of his children. So, with the fact that the mummy was in a cartage for someone else, is indicative of what occurred during the late 19-early 20th Century, when many antiquities were being sold out of Egypt and more could be received if it could contain a mummy. Such mismatching would easily be done through a person such as Mustafa Aga. An Egyptian middleman that was regularly supplying Europeans and Americans with coffins and mummies. It did not matter if the mummy was partially unwrapped. Since very few could read the Hieroglyphs, the unwitting buyer would never know.

[@SL-sd3sg]

Good poin

[@barbjalcorn]

Absolutely brilliant. I watched the whole episode and loved it. Great work 🇦🇺❤️

[@llobinske]

I wonder when this was actually filmed. My husband and I were noting the CRT computer monitors used by the team.

[@OrphoeusPlays]

Yeah, and that “hi-tech” 3d printing 😂

[@Cat_Woods]

Wikipedia has a list of all Fletcher's appearances, so it would be easy to find out.

[@enlightenedhummingbird4764]

I wonder why the pic of "Fletcher" on the video front, shows a man in drag instead of her...

[@PatyBN]

It was made in 2008.

[@llobinske]

@@PatyBN Thanks. Seems like in 2008, better computers were out there. Maybe they didn't have the funding?

[@SunflowerSynchronicity]

Wow. 'The Lady' was unimaginably disrespected by literally everyone in her death and mummification. It seems they made her sarcophagus so flashy to deture from anyone suspecting. 😢

[@brandigirl313]

Haha found myself not breathing scared of debris from the mummy! Lol

[@gic8849]

How GORGEOUS is she in the thumbnail?? Joann Fletcher 😻😻😻

[@wonderplanet343]

Wow love it ! Thanks

[@Bethgael]

My son got testicular cancer aged 28 in 2020. Thank goodness for modern medicine. He's had a small recurrence, but there's no sign of it right now. Caught early, treatable both times (gentlemen, check your balls! Please! Even if you're not yet 30!). If he'd lived even 100 years ago... he would have died. That poor Egyptian lad.

[@TMAevans]

Thank you 4 doing what you do with true intention 2 you and yours. 🐝💚. x3

[@ana8399]

Very very good thanks for this amazing vomited.fantastic ...

[@leticiajerguson1024]

Goodnight to you too ❤️😴…i always relisten the next day

[@Jborgzz1]

Love Dr. Fletcher’s handwriting lol

[@sandraschoenfeldpleasestay5398]

❤love you Joanne ❤

[@credenzabelladonna-fatale2487]

Chuckle of the morning: "Egyptian embalmers were highly sophisticated chemists" (1:17:04). The ought to be, as "chemistry" and "alchemy" seem to derive (via Greek and Arabic) from Khem, the very ancient name of Egypt. ;-D

[@MonsterMacLLC]

This looks like signs of grave robbery. Maybe a swap of a body to get out more valuable jewelry. Why the body doesn’t match the coffin and the glyphs look like vandalism on it’s original occupant. If someone collapsed on a job site or the way to a burial, would they be carried out? Or buried on site? That chin condition intrigues me being so close to another skull type like Ramses, have you run across any fake beards made out of toxic substances?

[@kristinnormanton8165]

I feel so bad that 49:14 made me giggle a lil

[@nicolayoung7973]

Ah my friend iv missed you and your potrails on everything, iv so much respect for you and most forensic anthropology however I'm not so very keen on the disrespect you and many are shown,how dare they ❤ your work and your genuine bless you,great to see you back on the screen xx

[@cleverfitz779]

Good evening everyone

[@samimahmoud5394]

Best civilization

[@albertenriquecrowleybeastc217]

Well,it would appear that somebody seriously hated that woman,to have been gutted,half-embalmed,throat torn out,and name on coffin distorted,makes you wonder what could she have possibly done in Egyptian society, where women held such a high status,to have that done to her? 🤔 This documentary has three good cases but the middle one really has intrigued me.

[@An_Eclectic_Mind]

I am new at researching history. Being of Arabic decent, I am curious if ancient dna is in the modern at home DNA testing.

[@chriscarrol9373]

All DNA except mutations is ancient basically. That's one way scientist can tell when a species separated. The home kits just look for markers. Strands that match individuals that hopefully are of pure lines from a regions. It's nowhere near perfect for ethnicity. Except for finding family members linked in the last 200-400 years. It can prove paternity 100% though.

[@chriscarrol9373]

I just realized you might be looking to see if your related to someone famous in history. Well alot of the home DNA kits let you download your DNA data file. Ancestry does and there are websites that will let you upload that file to them and they provide different services. One would be very careful who you give your DNA to just for entertainment purposes. Some sites look for medical information that has possibly saved people thru early detection of cancer. Look into it but still it's very personal information to just give out. It's your choice but there is alot to research before you do anything. I recently did my DNA and so did my youngest daughter at 18. Her grandmother can no longer say she's not mine. As Morry would say the results are in and I am the father. Grandmother had nothing to say. That's why I did mine as it had impact as to life today for multiple people.

[@wakandaforever4291]

Why didn't the computerized mummy have buck teeth like the actual Mummy?

[@inanutshell2924]

I am erring to she was not given enough time. Those eyelashes were hysterically funny. She was not joking when she said it was a 'bespoke "representation. lol

[@Blessings.429]

I am wondering could LiDAR give more accurate rendering

[@jasonayres9784]

Will we ever know what the past in Egypt really entails?….

[@MrRight1000]

Not with these so called "egyptologists" 😰

[@Ramiiam]

Ancient DNA will tell us about the ancestry and physical characteristics more accurately than any other source.

[@TyTyMcGinty]

Undocumented mummies? Build the wall already!

[@bridgetcooper6331]

Wouldn’t the skull have spider like fractures extending from the hole?

[@bart-ub6bw]

egypt mummy good show

[@ItsBirdieCage]

Why they do her eyelashes dirty like that lol

[@vetucamino]

Who are the local indigenous people there and how do they feel about your visits to and investigations at that cave site ?

[@robinjohnson6197]

Right

[@user-mi5cm1cm2z]

Freddie Mercury guys. I'm not kidding. From looks to lifestyle. Freddie had the teeth and they were key to his singing. just thinking,the catholics used to castrate young boys called castrata so they could attain certain notes when singing. Anorexia was also common with these boys.

[@user-jp9gr7ik8x]

I'm listening for the woosh woosh sound. I like "more cowbell." I need more woosh woosh! 😅

[@bustownbc2787]

Lol they put 3 old shows together and released it as a new show....come on man

[@Guardianangel369]

The mummy looks blue!

[@-oz8ny]

the priest did it

[@frankharrington4881]

I personally find it repulsize that the museum will not allow the mummy to be studied! They probably acquired the mummy illegally and unethically, but refuses to let the mummy be studied! They need to return it to Egypt!!!! Patricia Gambino Harrington

[@WildUtahEdibles]

Liquify the brain in twenty minutes? Reference? How do you know that?

[@Chenihal]

It is reported how long the full process of mummification must’ve taken, around 70 days of which most was spent drying the body out after the embalming process in many layers. Thus said, the process of taking out any organs including heart and brain couldn’t have taken much longer than the time being left after spending that much time with other things. Even if this might be an inaccurate estimation, considering how incredibly skilled the embalmers must’ve been after spending their lives preparing tons of bodies with such knowledge around chemistry and anatomy, it wouldn’t seem possible to think they’d struggle taking out a brain through nostrils in quite a short period of time.

[@WildUtahEdibles]

@@Chenihal sure but like I’m saying. Lots of “must haves” and assumptions here. My beef is with people making statements add though they are fast instead of saying it like it is. We don’t know. We weren’t there, but maybe it was like this… but instead we hear “factual” statements that are meant to teach people that this is how it was and there is no doubt. The truth is we can only guess. We don’t know exactly what they did or completely how they did it.

[@Chenihal]

@@WildUtahEdibles of course we weren’t there but we’re the same species therefore we can pretty much guess their intentions in many fields. And there’s much more reported than can be shown in a short documentary. I’m sure there’s more in depth research in papers by expert making this statement more clearly. Documentaries are mainly for entertainment.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

There were some experiments done with unclaimed bodies from morgues . They attempted to recreate the mummification process using the chemicals and methods used by the Egyptians. Apparently, a bone at the back of the nose was broken opening up access to the skull cavity. Palm wine was poured in with a funnel and allowed to macerate the brain tissue. The brain could then be carefully pulled out in bits using a long, thin metal probe with a hook on the end. And the brain removal was not always complete as it would be a difficult and exacting process

[@Evegrace_justbecause]

That mummy looks like Cardi B

[@catatonia2001]

Nr1. How could they not right away see that it was the wrong mummy for that sarcophagus? I am no expert, like them, but that was the first thing I noticed. Nr2. Who ever had her embalmed, had to find one that was willing to remove her throat. Like a “back alley” embalmer, because no professional would ever agree to do that. Therefore the shoddy work, with no expensive herb’s and such. It only had to look good on the surface.

[@Kernnun]

how old is this doc?

[@PatyBN]

It was made in 2008.

[@Melina4314]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@alkonostX]

That fake fire sound is really overused in this lol

[@Spicygirl93]

Night Night to all of you 😂😂

[@trinaclark74]

How tall is the mummy?

[@JohnnylKillinger1010]

If this lady is that smart she should’ve known that wood shrinks with ages

[@ShitterMcGavin]

Im mot saying theres no good documentaries these days but they just dont make them like they did back in the days before everything was streaming. These older TV shows are simply incredible.

[@lorisilverstein3010]

Why was the relative of Ramesses II mummy blackened?

[@CymruCelt01]

Natron

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india

[@Melina4314]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JoshuaMarvillaGumalamRalisay]

Ok I would the last is definitely killed by force of struggling and head attack and killed it again by pulled force from its body the cause of beheading

[@susanhart9923]

The mummy's front teeth look filed to points

[@planetZ999]

A royal vampire 👹

[@xrysapriovolou6672]

We see it so many times....something new?????

[@fraserihle4847]

Doesn't feel much better than history channel "documentaries" Expecting to hear about aliens any minute 😂

[@chriscarrol9373]

There is a whole lot of scientific guess work going on with serious modern sociology used as a basis for the concussions. They are all probably in the theater watching barbie gathering data for their next thesis to be presented?

[@alliefae1221]

Does anyone have a favorite Pharaoh? And, why?

[@taylortanner37]

Hatsheptut her monuments are beautiful

[@brewely]

Is this new?!

[@onefeather2]

I enjoy watching these shows, but they do drag on and REPEAT over and over and don't say a whole lot, they need to say it once and get to the point.

[@enlightenedhummingbird4764]

That's the point of these "history" documentaries. To bore you to death so you never seek out the real truth...

[@erikkorhonen]

sheep's brains are about 1/10 the size of humans

[@jodyel]

Why are they unwilling to unseal the lady's coffin and let the team see her body? Question answered in the video right after I asked it.

[@bogardus11]

For we do not fight flesh and blood...but authorities and Prince and principalities. Destroy the mummies and evil will be extinguished.

[@meanhe8702]

These are supposed to be scientists, they sure have crafted a narrative, they don’t sound at all objective. These are the same kind of scientists who made very wrong assumptions, which led to the wrong conclusions about king Tut, how he died and other things.

[@roxyndra]

What if Ramses II's relative were born without testes and presented female then joined the temple? Without DNA, we can't fully know the sex. I'll have to google this mummy and see if there's evidence of removal of the testes. And who's to say The Lady wasn't a Lord? Plenty of women were Pharaohs as well. Even Hatshepsut presented male in dress. Doesn't seem that odd to me -- it's quite feasible the inscriptions are perfectly accurate to the time.

[@MrRight1000]

Substandard content.

[@tinygrim]

With embarrassing thumbnail filtering 😮😮 😅 ... don't. Just be you.. like other Egyptologist lady and Rome more.

[@MyYTaccountName]

Yeah, it’s pretty lame as of late. You wonder who these people are and what their credentials are.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

@@MyYTaccountName Their credentials are listed as they are introduced. Try watching before commenting.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

This comment? Yeah.

[@fraserihle4847]

Hard agree

[@grahamstaunton8154]

THIS IS THE 2nd/ VDO IV WATCHED ON THIS TESTING(THE LADY,OF THE HOUSE),,MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN LIKED BI THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED 4 HER,,I SAY THIS COS OF THE COFFEN,WITH A MANS NAME WHEN IT WAS A WOMAN,,AND IF SHE WAS KILLED WELL THAT WOULD MAKE MORE OF MY TERY/ JUST A TOUGHT GUYS/BLESSINGS 2U ALL AND HAVE A GOOD DAY 🙏 🙏 🙏 👍 👍 👍

[@steliaria7334]

I need to know what books about hieroglyphics this man with the long white hair was using

[@j.l.emerson592]

Zero new content here. All old videos bundled together & regurgitated as 'new' content. 👎

[@seanh4841]

Ever thought about making your own videos?

[@isabelleee3463]

@@seanh4841 is it too much to ask for people to not lie about the videos are posting? I’m sick of the videos being recycled with clickbait titles

[@seanh4841]

@@isabelleee3463 Mankind is dishonest, you will be whistling in the wind forever

[@shapeofthefountain]

Looks like CardiB!! 🫢🤭

[@ssherrierable]

I know this must be hard to believe but maybe the first mummy doesn’t fit right because someone that worked on her might have made a mistake, yes I mean it’s possible that an ancient Egyptian dr might have made a mistake 🤔 🤷‍♀️

[@chriscarrol9373]

Spoiler alert it's a guy and they switched caskets watch the show before reading the comments. I do the same thing some times. like looking at the back of the book in school at the answers section. It ruins the lesson and learning.

[@sleepytigereyes]

I see dead people.

[@Melina4314]

😉😉😉👍👍👍👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@RaeTheYeti]

Facial reconstruction....why do they always look so goofy and awful like a bad police sketch?

[@lorieprice9479]

all that science and you're still only guessing. my guess is this is only entertining to someone who doesn't know anything about ancient egypt. try again please. on second thought...please don't

[@enlightenedhummingbird4764]

Why is the redhead lady from the show shown as a man in drag on the main video picture?

[@taylortanner37]

She doesn't do glam shots for her documentaries so the editor just grabbed still of a shot from an interesting moment. That and she puts more stock in her expertise than how she looks while she uses it. Hope that helps. Dr Fletcher is great

[@ralphmoss1766]

Grave robber! Go dig up her Great Grandma grave. These devils

[@MrRight1000]

Signing off from Odyssey due to their low quality content.

[@jamesc8259]

No need to announce it. Just go gracefully 😊

[@angelaangela6875]

No masks?... especially when death reason not known....all the fine DNA dust getting moved around?....imo😮

[@djeio]

Beautiful Africans. It's sad Joan had to pretend she doesn't know what she knows at rusk at being banned by racist antiquity officials again. She already confirmed Kiyas appearance and was banned for an accurate reconstruction of her face. You take one look at them you know you are looking at milotes same as ones in aswan Egypt. Mummification is african and did not start in Egypt either

[@ShitterMcGavin]

1:57:49 anybody know where I can get one of those Egyptian mullet wigs?