The Ancient Egyptian Exhibits of the British Museum: A Tour | Ancient Architects On Location

Watch this mini 14-minute tour of the Ancient Egyptian antiquities of the British Museum. Footage was taken in March 2020, one hour before closing time so I was limited in the relics I could see and record.
I've focussed on the relics of Ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Assyrian exhibits and the enigmatic basalt Easter Island statue.
I show you first-hand the colossal statues of Egyptian pharaohs Amenhotep I and III, Thutmose I, III and IV, Ramesses II, the hugely important Rosetta Stone, a fragment of the beard from the Great Sphinx, the Assyrian reliefs that showcase the famous 'handbags' and an ancient Moai statue from Easter Island.
Some come and take this mini tour with Matt from Ancient Architects and please subscribe, like and comment below.
All footage is taken by Matt Sibson and is owned by the Ancient Architects Channel.

[@AncientArchitects]

On some devices the picture and audio seems to be out of sync, but on others it’s fine! I don’t know... I can’t seem to rectify it but I’ve released it anyway! Thank you for watching. If you want to support the channel, you can become a Member of the channel at kzbin.info/door/scI4NOggNSN-Si5QgErNCwjoin or I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects

[@TwistedaxleTV]

Thanks for the heads up! Cant waita

[@fartingduck5316]

works fine for me. wild sound is always an issue. you could always add a music track under the wild sound to give the "museum noise" a spooky effect. It is a shame to me that we will never experience these objects in their intended space / natural environment. thanks for another great video

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

Whoooo

[@lallyoisin]

Nice video! Did you catch the new Indian temple display. Looks awesome! One of the statues there is called 'Tara' the goddess of compassion. Oddly enough there is a shiva lingam on the hill of Tara in Co. Meath - the stone of destiny.

[@catman8965]

GOOD VIDEO...NICE OF YOU TO SHOW US THINGS WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE FOR OURSELVES. THUMBS UP!!!

[@deandevaney4339]

Been watching your channel for a few years now, and thoroughly enjoy everything you do, thank you, nice to put a face to the hours of narrating, again keep up the excellent work you do

[@paulaburnett5587]

Thank you for giving us this small tour of the British Museum. It is a thrill to see this with you taking us along so we can see how fantastic the carving is done on the statues of the 18th dynasty and the scale they are done in. I have been a fan of ancient Egypt since an elementary age and I’m now in my 70’s. This has been wonderful to see.

[@kevinclayton1656]

British museum is probably the best in the world for the amount of artifacts we have.from every part of the world.beautifully presented

[@Timetravel1111]

You know I realized at the end that this is a really wonderful thing to see and right now I’m really grateful for just a heartfelt really happy feeling to be able to go to museums and as soon as this outbreak of the coronavirus 19 as a team down I am going to start going to museums more often. Sometimes you don’t realize something until you can’t do it until it’s gone and just the fact that we can go to museums but now we’re not able to go anywhere or do anything because the whole world is quarantine and many things are shut down as of yesterday it was a pretty scary moment in time

[@skeletalbassman1028]

A nice advert for the British Museum. One of my favorite places in the world. I'm partial to the Met and Natural History Museum in NY, but only b/c I grew up w/ them :)

[@jonnywells8590]

Glad you got out before they locked up, those statues come to life after hours ;+)

[@AncientArchitects]

Haha

[@rkkhhansen7988]

Jonny Wells 😵 DUMMY

[@BoWeava]

Jonny Wells lol 1:47 👊

[@MrPoilleke]

A night at the museum haha

[@graceelder3745]

@@AncientArchitects THANK YOU FOR TOUR AS MANY AROUND THE WORLD ARE ON LOCKDOWN OR SOCIAL DISTANCING I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BRITISH MUSEUM FROM USA 🇺🇸 KEEP UP THE GREAT SHARING FRIEND ❤

[@russcorbett3923]

Wow !!! Thank You so very much !!! This was a truly rare treat !! Everyone loves a field trip !!!! I hope that you can revisit there and possibly visit other historical places as well ,,, Thank You for all that you do !!

[@ericamestuzzi2945]

Thank you for sharing your visit!

[@reggmabry2692]

Nice Job for a short trip - Wish you were there longer!!!

[@nancyM1313]

Thank you for the tour. Felt like I was there with you. From watching past videos it was nice to see things and KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. lol. 👏😊 I was very pleased to see the BEARD/Sphinx. Thank you. Have a great weekend and everyone Be Safe. Peace out.~~♡♡❤

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Thank you , Matt. That was super fascinating ♥️⛰♥️

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching

[@ninkkole884]

Thanks Matt You have inspired me to go there sometime soon.

[@AncientArchitects]

👍

[@robertmartyr2041]

great vid, I have been to the british museum a few times but the Egypt section always gets me as they had some of the most skilled and best workers through out time and their skills are a pleasure to see today :0) thank you for posting :0)

[@aurraliite]

Thank you for your tour of the British Museum. A nice change from your usual type of video. Definitely would like to see more .

[@laimismalp5049]

I go there few times a year, and try to do so when not to many tourists, its just that feeling when you look at these beautiful masive things and understand how long ago they were made, its truly hipnotizing!

[@clayguy1]

For me, who lives in a mountain valley in southwest Montana.. this was a real real treat... I'm a sculptor and one of my biggest collectors is a gentleman from Egypt.. He's a close friend of the director of the new Museum being built in Cairo.. I so want to go there someday... but I'm getting to old.. 74.. so I may not get a chance to. thank you so much.. do more of these please.

[@julianawright5635]

I’ve never been fortunate enough to visit the British Museum -so is so cool! Thank you!

[@germogencarlton3318]

Thank you very much for the video Matt. It was a very good trip to BM.

[@moanamason2454]

Thank you Matt, from Nz, that was amazing!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@mikejvasquez76]

Awesome museum! So much to look at I'd be coming back everyday. Great video as always.

[@Magic3DPrinting]

Thank you very much for this incredible tour! Can’t wait to see more!!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@tuamadre316]

This episode was amazing! Great job!

[@Caddowolf]

Excellent video, Matt! Thanks!

[@aaronandrews3059]

Thank you so much for showing us the British Museum. Its been my dream to go and when all the panic of this virus is gone, I plan to see it in person.

[@heidimarchant5438]

I wish I had more of a passion for history when I was 18 because I know we must've visited here. The art sticks out in my head more than anything (paintings). This was mid 90s.

[@jeffborne1]

Thanks for the tour, Matt.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching

[@jeffborne1]

@@AncientArchitects Your videos are a pleasure to watch. Thanks so much for your efforts.

[@JimLeyshonSon]

I will never get over seeing you in. Your voiceover skills are 60 years old.

[@dave8181]

I was there in 2014, and it looks exactly the same. What surprised me right away was that there's no charge to get into that wonderful museum!

[@davidfrost5093]

Really liked the video, Gerat work as per, Still seems quite strange as to where all the tools went to Carve the Granite and other statues !! Keep digging , Dave

[@AncientArchitects]

👍

[@alloneword7427]

Remains of tools have been found.

[@mennnok]

I love this museum, I have been there several times. Last time about a year ago on my business trip. Never noticed the Sphinx beard though! The Moai was a lot smaller than I expected.

[@gabrielkoch08]

One of my favorite to date!

[@UpuautRah]

Thanks, for this nice tour.

[@MilledSteel]

Thanks for the tour, really enjoy these

[@sunwentai1]

Thank you for this tour of the Egyptian artifacts of the museum. Living in Canada, I may never have the opportunity to visit myself.

[@Timetravel1111]

2025 I’ll be in ancient Egypt! See all the sights. I hope your going with on a tour!

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Excellent, loved it. Thank you.

[@leocadena6844]

You gotta make it earlier man! we are all hooked on this, thanks for posting.

[@Buckdawg]

Dude, I literally hang out here every other weekend, you pretty much did my entire tour lol. Truly amazing to be surrounded by so much culture and antiquity, I get such a sense of history and human achievement when I'm there. I'm also the only one who ever seems to look at the sphinx beard segment, which is criminally overlooked by most visitors

[@dougg1075]

The level of craftsmanship is just amazing . Such an artistic society. Maybe the carver thought of the river of time his creation would survive.. now LED lights shine on I’ve them instead of sun or torch light.

[@__martian__]

I went here 12 years ago and spent the entire day! I wanted to go back the next day but I didn't have enough time.

[@sarikatimmi]

too cool man. thank you!

[@meditationmusicbyalexjackson]

Interesting to see so many noses still intact and the actual shape of them.

[@lcruz2783]

This a amazing video, i would love to visit there one day, did you have any favorite art work there?

[@markmoorhead1442]

the amenhotep 1 statue really does seem to follow you as you move around the room!

[@Timetravel1111]

Yess darling hello 👋🏼 from Minneapolis MN

[@AncientArchitects]

Hello

[@latenight3382]

Thanks. Great video. Cheers.

[@weetarted3715]

Great video.... please share more tours like this in the future. I noticed the stunning store work on amazing finishes on the extremely hard stone statues.... why does the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs seemed barely scratched into the surface?

[@ArtbyKatina]

I thoroughly enjoyed the on location video, we don't have such a comprehensive collection of ancient Egyptian statues in Australian museums. 🙁

[@methylmike]

Egyptians have the same complaint. Welcome to the English empire and rich lord's in the 1800s

[@FlowersInThePot]

Why should you? This is egyptian history and all these artefacts belong in Egypt

[@dylanosmond3340]

LOVE THIS GUY!!

[@cyan1616]

I love your work! And it's great to finally see a glimpse of your handsome face. ^^

[@davidfredericks9753]

Love that mate.

[@TheWhore2culture]

Thank you; one of my favourite places in the whole world. Have been going there for 55+years that I can remember, i can remember lying in one of those huge sarcophagus! In those days the reading room was surrounded by dirty/scrappy "temporary" offices & storage,the wonderful Great Court,not having been built until the late 90s,by Foster&Partners from a 1970s design by Colin St John Wilson. For anyone planning to visit,those wonderful pieces are in a Hall to the left as you enter and the Mummys and other smaller Egyptian artifacts can be quickly accessed if you climb the left hand staircase wrapped around the reading room and cross a bridge, directly to 2nd floor. One of the tragedies of this( & every other museum, worldwide, though percentages will vary) is that only 4% of the incredible collection is on permanent display,which to my mind argues for a 2nd British Museum somewhere in the Midland/North of England. I'm not an advocate for return ,as regardless of present day perception, much of the collection was bought,from the various Pasha's in power in Egypt at the time and we'd have nothing to see if they'd been left there. With our present abilites to reproduce to the mm, reproductions can be sent. They are then also safe from the dodgy political situation, which might at some point see a fundamentalist attack on either the monuments or museums in Egypt itself. If the Government of Egypt can't guarantee safe passage for visitors in the present day,then these incredible collections are still available around the world, in part to the general public(,for free in UK!!!) AND to academics to study,without bias of the Hawass type! Looking forward to another "on location",maybe one to do with your knowledge of British ancient sites? Very best to you&your family and anyone who's read this far 😀 particularly at this very uncertain time in the world!👋🌟✌

[@harleysvideomysteries7885]

Great video, thank you! I only wish you had paid more attention to the tomb of Nectanebo II.. it’s rumoured to have once housed the body of Alexander the great in memphis!!

[@lowek6356]

I visit there about 30 years ago.

[@AncientArchitects]

Has it changed much?

[@TheFrog767]

So we all have a bucket list.

[@mrains100]

Thank you.

[@okioshinko]

More please!

[@Barnz1980]

So much stuff from Egypt! 😮 Made me wonder how much of Egypt is in other countries museums🤔🤔

[@kawasakikev8905]

oh wow , you have a face lol ... great vid Matt , thanks for the tour , not somewhere i've ever been but i really must make the effort now ..

[@airdude12345]

Hey Ancient Architects, have you ever looked at the Dragon houses of euboea? Would love a video on them

[@HerberthAlvarado]

Could you make a video about the "mysterious handbag"?

[@methylmike]

It would be cool to walk through that museum with you

[@jhun84419]

I always thought this guy was a lot older. I like the channel even more now knowing he's a little younger ✌👌

[@juziotrompkavopka1274]

shieet how many they took from Egypt to England... I'm almost crying.

[@jtksworld1747]

There are egypt collection every were rounds the world

[@Buckdawg]

And I'm glad they did. Egypt left so many of their ruins to rot in shit. Quite literally sometimes.

[@juziotrompkavopka1274]

be glad. They stolen stuff from Iraq too be glad of that too pls.

[@ryescott9445]

You look like that extinction rebellion guy who was on the train lol

[@ryescott9445]

Long time subscriber though. Love your content

[@simonwilson1901]

I never thought the Sphinx had a beard 🤔. Incredible stone masons which their carvings will out last the twentieth century

[@bogieviews]

Nice, love to look at the incredibly created artifacts made of granite and other really hard stone. How the hell did they do it? I don't care if they had iron or even diamonds, even if they did it is astonishing.

[@hirundine44]

That museum is the sort of place best suited to excursions for specific exhibits, it seems to me? Haven't been for a few years now but when going I confine the visit to specifics. Easy to be overwhelmed there. To consider as much, as is on display? They likely have 3 times as much behind the scenes, or on loan? I have mixed feelings about the British Museum..

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Smooth to the (Please Do Not) touch. 😉

[@hellarmomend5440]

Danke!!!

[@MrSparkleBaked]

Nice one bro, defo more advanced than authority says. Far too much hidden truth. 👊😳

[@Timetravel1111]

7:06 anyone know hieroglyphs?

[@FiveLiver]

The face matches my imagining - apart from the beard.

[@vickonstark7365]

Dude you’re face is awesome, and you should use it more often.

[@BBoyTapedeck]

Hi!

[@AncientArchitects]

Hi

[@BBoyTapedeck]

@@AncientArchitects Never stop what you are doing! Your channel is my favourite!

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

👍

[@AncientArchitects]

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[@davestover1584]

Fucking love this dude

[@randallburkhart8452]

Boggles my mind at what we haven't found, what is just either covered under earth or in tombs in Egypt.

[@mrpanicattack6688]

1:57 wow, you're allowed to touch (and film). In some museums they don't allow videos and touching 😣

[@jaads7910]

I find the Sumerians and there descendants far more interesting than Egypt, thanks for posting this,

[@redwoodcoast]

If you would like to provide some insightful information then one way would be to closely examine those sarcophagi to see if the hieroglyphics appear to have been chisel made or are too smooth and perfect and had to have been molded. If they were molded from stencils then the entire sarcophagus on which they are seen was molded also...from artificial stone concrete.

[@СветикСветик-е1з]

You have face! So cool!

[@neptunesdaughter7493]

At 11:34 that looks like a wrist watch

[@talanigreywolf7110]

Are we sure it's a bucket and not a bell?

[@wowdavey1146]

Oh my god your face!❤️

[@strategicthinker8899]

Oooh polished stone! High tech! They were not in the Australopithecus times you know, these were completely modern humans just a few thousand years ago. Polishing stones was child's play.

[@skoobcraig9306]

If they would’ve left ancient kmt the way they found it instead of destroying it we would all know our history

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

(oh good grief! You’re cute! )

[@AncientArchitects]

😳

[@SmallFox74]

The Assyrian relics are at least as impressive as the Egyptian ones. The panels showing the Royal Lion hunts especially so, beautifully carved. Thanks for the tour, need to get back there myself sometime soon!

[@nikipiulitzaable]

Too bad many of them were destroyed by ISIS a few years ago :(

[@SmallFox74]

@@nikipiulitzaable Agreed, what ISIL did to the ancient city of Ninevah makes my heart bleed. :(

[@RaniaRania-ir9ro]

I will go there one day and I will cry...

[@debbiej8049]

I was there about 33 years ago. We were stationed there with USAF and I accompanied a group of high school kids on a school trip. I was so busy rounding up kids that I could not enjoy it as much as I wanted. It has changed some as I remember it having more smaller items on display in cabinets all around. I would love to go back some day.

[@one90third]

Thanks for taking us with you on your tour!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@jenward2560]

@@AncientArchitects thanks from me too! an amazing place! If I cant get there in person this is the next best thing, and also by my favorite KZbin person

[@Timetravel1111]

I want to go to this museum!

[@Caddowolf]

Senwosret III had some big ol' ears on him.

[@manwithoutaplanet]

And pretty long arms as well.

[@stargo2931]

@@onbedoeldekut1515 🐒🤣

[@vegoil]

Those Easter Island carvings' hands look like the ones at Gobleki Tepe.

[@quake_er1149]

That was terrific and nice to see you on camera. Thank you and let's do it again soon

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@Armoless]

I was going to thumbs down the video because you didn't get an awesome news reporter Microphone yet.. then you waggled your eye brows and it made me laugh :D Great video mate! I'd love to visit the museum some day.

[@realcooking1833]

Nice👍 I'm pleased I switched off Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet 😁😉👍

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[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Like Dominic said, touch everything because everyone else did getting it there😈...great video my friend, thank you. 👍🏼😊