Assassin's Creed Origins: 8 Weirdest Things We Learned Playing Discovery Tour Mode

The new free Discovery Tour mode in Assassin’s Creed Origins makes history fun by letting you clamber all over it dressed as an Egyptian Pharaoh. We did exactly that and, in the spirit of historical research. now present the eight weirdest things we learned while playing. Subscribe for more Assassin's Creed Origins gameplay!
For example, Khufu was the pharaoh buried in the Great Pyramid. What’s weird about Khufu’s final resting place in the Great Pyramid, however, is that although his coffin has been found, his body remains missing to this day.
The coffin was listed as being empty when it was discovered, and its design indicates that there was once a lid in place. Discovery Tour offers the possibility that the sarcophagus is only a cenotaph in memory of the pharaoh, and was never meant to receive the body.
I, however, am here to posit the alternate theory that Khufu punched his way out of his coffin and now roams the earth menacing people with his good friends Dracula and the Wolfman. You decide which you think is more plausible out of these, the only two possibilities.
Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Discovery Tour mode drops as a free update for the main game on 20 February 2018.
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[@jessegarrett7215]

My favorite fact about ancient Egypt is just how old it is and how long it lasted. Cleopatra lived closer in time to today than when the great pyramid was built. The great pyramid was built 4,500 years ago and Cleopatra lived about 2,050 years ago. The great pyramid was already ancient at about 2,500 years old when she lived!

[@robertwebb320]

OK Dirt Rider that’s something that’s always interested me too! Ancient Egypt was a thriving civilization for longer than our entire recorded history!

[@Tainami_]

Jeeee I never looked at Egypt that way ;-; that's.... that's just mind blowing... funny how advance Egypt was back then compared to the world.

[@ralphthomas1534]

As someone has researched Kemet/ Ancient Egypt for 17 years (since i was 15) anytime you do carbon dating you have to add at least 3 to 4 thousand years to it. According to some archaeologist the sphinx is closer to at least 35,000 years old.

[@TruGouki]

The Great Pyramid & the Sphinx are even older than that.

[@jackalope07]

Boosted great flood? As in the Bible? 😂 😂 😂

[@talahar123]

I really hope we'll see discovery tour modes in all future assassin's creeds.

[@MJHDRi]

That Talahar Guy Hoping for an Asian setting. China or Japan

[@xanderm6090]

Japan is heavily well known for their ninjas which were basically assassins with codes. Also would enjoy more discovery tours. Would actually get future Assassins Creed games if they did this.

[@neonangelo1957]

Ac:Australia when you have to fight a kangaroo

[@dagnastyodi4196]

@@neonangelo1957 where you lose a war to emus.

[@parisgasteratos8591]

@@neonangelo1957 and now have fire powers

[@PREDATORvRIDDICK]

Perhaps I should make a discovery tour for Mordor, show the people that there is more to it than just fire, darkness and despair.

[@frodobaggins7710]

Give me a ring and I can help with that.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

Yes. Everything else is what you didn't contribute.

[@zanite8650]

A surprising amount of healing herbs.

[@pixelettee]

There is death.

[@davidwit7749]

Would it be a walking tour?

[@cassiehigginson218]

Alexander the Great actually named at least 8 cities Alexandria, but the others had name-changes.

[@sophiejones7727]

it's actually still unclear how many of those cities were built in his lifetime. He has the peculiar problem of having a shorter lifespan than the average error margin for most dating methods. Many people think now that most of the Alexandrias were really built by his successors. Still, he did build at least two cities, and both of them still exist. Which is definitely an accomplishment. Also, the flour thing is almost certainly a myth. Even if Alexander had been that stupid, Aristoboulos (his architect) wasn't. Considering that Alexander was taught by Aristotle, one has to be a little skeptical about a story like that. It sounds more like the sort of crock that a tour guide would cook up, and since Alexandria has been a tourist destination for thousands of years it's unsurprising that something like that would get written down as canon.

[@pleasekillmeiwishtodie2114]

Sophie Jones what was the other city he made?

[@sophiejones7727]

Alexandropolis, in what is now Croatia. Not as big or as impressive, but damn good for a kid of 18.

[@kayslay38]

There is also Alexandretta in Turkey close to the Syrian border

[@marsultor6131]

There were 82 Alexandrias that we know of.

[@musicadictor]

Wow, historian Andy covering a history video for a history update of a historic game. What a historic moment!

[@orangecat862002]

One day, hologram Andy will make a video on this moment. I assume he will do that before performing with hologram Tupac since hologram Tupac is just a required hologram now.

[@Dr170]

You a writer for WWE mate?

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

This blew my mind, Annie.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

musicaddictor_anniepapaz I love this.

[@xananymous431]

Stop saying history..

[@darenabryant9100]

This seems like a really fun, smart addition to the game. not only does it let people immerse themselves more completely in the time period the game is set in, but it teaches them something and allows the developers to show off the graphical efforts they made to produce the game, as well as the level of reasearch and detail they did to bring the game to life. Very, very interesting. I might want to buy this game myself at some point.

[@dovahgwyn_]

Did you buy origins after all?

[@Zero00899]

If you got time and interest in games then you should totally check out from 1st AC games.

[@nytmare3448]

Even children know, that Obelix broke of the Sphinxes nose!

[@Yehnsei]

Should be added that he did so accidentally, and that the nose can be found underneath the Sphinx, where it was quickly stashed before anyone noticed.

[@nytmare3448]

They just have to lift the sphinx up and look! It would be sooo easy

[@bumblebeeeoptimus]

I love Asterix and Obelix, too bad it's not as popular in U.K and USA as it is in the rest of the world..

[@aka99]

true

[@aaron7063]

I am a child but i didnt know dat.. sorry

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and it ruins your teeth.

[@notoriousbmc1]

Is that where the term sand-wich came from? Wow! Gender equality *and* sandwiches? What's next Egypt? What's next.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

Brendan Mc the sandwich was invented by the Earl of Sandwich, who was so addicted to gambling he refused to leave the game even for food. He would order his servants to being him slices of meat with bread and thus the dish earned his name

[@notoriousbmc1]

No, I think you're mistaking Earl Sandwich with Merl Sandwedge, the golfer.

[@dallydaydream]

Ah curses, I've been beaten to both the "I hate sand" AND the "so that's why they're called sandwiches" jokes! Props to you, pals.

[@homelessmexican410]

Sandwiches make your teeth all gray!

[@boomxhakalaca3660]

Andy, we all know what really happened to Khufu!! He's fighting in the DC Universe as Hawk-Man!

[@januszeal6693]

I also couldn't believe he missed that, and right after he made a flash reference.

[@jikannoyuusha9978]

😉 you're catching on...

[@evany13]

i knew i recognized the name khufu!

[@yoavcohen2218]

Another interesting fact about the sphinx is that the ancient Egyptians lost it and rediscovered it

[@jonbaxter2254]

Wait, what?

[@mennograafmans1595]

And its head is multiple centuries, if not millennia younger then its body. You can still see it, look at the difference in size. The original head broke of or was destroyed, then the Egyptians lost the statue and when they foind it again, the farao had his face placed on the statue. At least, that last part is what I remember, the first thing is true.

[@kampiaorinis]

Wait, you mean to tell me that they somehow LOST A 1000 TONE STATUE

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Deserts reclaim objects and cities often. When the dunes and sandstorms blow, there's not a lot people can do to stop it.

[@mistein837]

That's true .and it was discovered by accident

[@billbill6094]

Ancient Egypt was an empire so long lasting that they had their own ancient versions of archeologists to discover long lost facets of their own empire, such as the Sphinx, which was lost by Ancient Egyptians and found by less ancient Egyptians.

[@notoriousbmc1]

*anouncment gingle* ''Mrs Kufu? Mrs Kufu. Is there a Mrs Kufu in the pyramid? There's a little boy here at reception who's lost his mummy''.

[@mdme1391]

Brendan Mc underrated comment

[@bullzdawguk]

The level of detail is astounding. Often, it's breath taking. Some of the tours are brilliant and you'll actually learn some new things about Ancient Egypt. It transports you back in time and you get a real sense of what it was like back then. The Siege of Alexandria was amazing and one of the longest I've done so far. As you travel, the story plays out and you even see the moment when Cleopatra meets Caesar. The entire world is rich and vibrant enough for gameplay. Adding this to the mix only adds to the depth. Exploring the inside of the stepped pyramid was another favourite. I still have dozens of tours left. If you don't fast travel to them all, it will take a fair amount of time to see them all. Mind you, even fast travel won't be short.

[@jurriendevries3673]

All decent historians know that the sphinx lost its nose because a fat, red-haired Gaul named Obelix climbed on top of it. It saddens me that Andy doesn't know this well-known historical fact documented in the works of Uderzo and Goscinny

[@NisansaDdS]

And then he lifted the sphinx up and hid the broken nose under it.

[@jurriendevries3673]

Ah, a fellow scholar!

[@yojacq]

Jurrien de Vries nope actually when there was a war like few cwnyruis ago a person shot a bullet and it hit the nose

[@aka99]

I love Asterix and Obelix, too bad it's not as popular in U.K and USA as it is in the rest of the world..

[@nikhilsasankan]

@@NisansaDdS no....actually years of sand build up in nose made him sneeze and the sphinx blew off the nose.

[@mauler15]

Khufu didn’t become a living mummy that’s ridiculous. He got reincarnated as DC’s Hawkman and bones were stolen by aliens 🤣

[@CelticKillerSOB]

What, you mean to tell me that a man called Alexander The Great wasn't modest? No way, come off it now!

[@jonchambers1233]

Viking Beard. To be fair he until he conquered most of the known world he was Alexander the Meh. Then upgraded to Alexander the okay I suppose then Alexander the man who gets the occasional round in. It wasn’t an over night greatness

[@VoidLantadd]

Jon Chambers - there's evidence that suggests Alexander actually thought he was the son of a god.

[@kration2484]

@@VoidLantadd plus it also said the Eygptan Oracle, also called Alexander "the Son of Zeus".

[@KasumiRINA]

@@kration2484 and it's the Siwa oracle from the game too.

[@trekadouble757]

@@VoidLantadd also, there are hints that could suggest that it was mostly a political thing. Being seen as a demi-god by his people was an advantage when it came to being recognised and respected.

[@kuroAzzam]

Whoever convinced Alexander III to use flour as a substitute was clearly being sarcastic.

[@expressrobkill]

T's just a prank fellow sir.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Everyone knows birds eat bread, but I had no clue that they could sift sand to consume flour.

[@PanEtRosa]

They can't. Birds just aren't troubled by sand and grit like we are. They don't chew, thus sand won't grind down their beaks. And they can either pass it without digestive distress or they can store it in their gizzard to aid digestion by grinding their food. So they don't hesitate to eat food mixed with sand, gravel, etc.

[@PanEtRosa]

Btw, for this reason, bread is *terrible* for birds. It clumps around their digestive gravel and binds up their gizzard, resulting in bloat and starvation. If you go out to feed birds, buy some birdseed.

[@MCernoble]

“Sir we have no chalk!” “Let’s use flower, hah-“ “That’s a magnificent idea”

[@matthewhardwick8208]

Screw Battle Royal Modes. I now want history lessons in video games. Seriously it's better to learn from previous murderer's throughout history so we can get even better at killing in the future 👍

[@livingsouloftimestudio2887]

I seriously hope your sarcastic with that answer

[@matthewhardwick8208]

C05MIC infinity Of course I am , laughs nervously 😂😂😂

[@MrVvulf]

My favorite detail in the game was learning that dovecotes covered the landscape.

[@andreadiatene]

I don't know why people find it weird to have sand in a sandwich.

[@mennograafmans1595]

Not weird, annoying.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

It's the witch that tends to yell about how I misspelled her title while being eaten that gets really annoying.

[@darenabryant9100]

I know, right? It's almost like they don't have witches in their sandwiches either!

[@VoidLantadd]

Because it's coarse, rough, and it gets everywhere.

[@rsALEX]

I bet ppl thought there was a entrance in the nose because that's where they removed the brain and someone broke it off to check.

[@samd2013]

Sounds insane but who knows, maybe that’s what happened

[@budj1]

Actually I heard that during napoleon's conquest his troops were target practicing on the nose... Not sure though

[@td370]

@@budj1 I doubt that happened.

[@rowanchurch702]

Andy, you forgot the possibility that Khufu was buried alive, and punched his way out of the sarcophagus Kill Bill style.

[@tezlaactual6582]

I also just love how the Sphinx is almost always portrayed as this massive monument but it's only 60ft tall

[@stevencurtis8]

Bayek will mention how small it is when you first find it which is kinda cool

[@aochii_]

@@stevencurtis8 was about to comment that🤣

[@domb107]

Great video, but Hatshepsut's 'reign' was relatively contentious, and 20 years after her death, her monuments were defaced by her son. Leading historians believe it was an attempt to hide the fact that a woman ever ruled Egypt, as it was problematic given that the Pharaoh was the embodiment of the male god Horus. No respect for mummies...

[@axeltenveils6816]

Look at Overly sarcastic productions, they made a video about her, newer theories believe that there wasn't any cover up like that by the son of her husband. The next pharaoh was actually the son of a different wife of the previous one.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

+Axel Tenveils I second the Overly Sarcastic Productions rec, they're great, but I do think Hapshepsut is still a bad example of women being equal in Ancient Egypt. Hapshepsut is one of the relatively rare examples of a female Pharaoh in Egypt's stupidly long history. I've not done the math, but I imagine most European monarchies had female rulers far more frequently than Egypt did. And not many people would hold pre-20th century Europe up as a beacon of gender egalitarianism. That female pharoahs were so rare suggests that there must have a pretty strong cultural aversion to them.

[@axeltenveils6816]

I mostly meant about the part that it was done out of malice. It was done to legitimise the son of the pharaoh after her. I am not terribly versed in Ancient Egypt though, so I can't say much else.

[@fabianhale845]

Thutmose III wasn’t her son.

[@thedjinn2873]

Pharaoh Maatkara (Queen Hatshepset) ascended to the throne of Egypt after the death of her husband, Thutmose III. Her nephew (brother-husband's son by a lesser wife) was only 4 and as Maatkara was the only true royal child (daughter of previous Pharoah and his sister-wife) she was given the regency. It's not too clear as to how Maatkara gained the throne of Egypt, however we do know that her rule was peaceful and profitable for the country. We do have a written record where Maatkara claims Ra to be her biological father, in that one night the God's ka (one of the parts of the soul) possessed the body of her father and impregnated her mother. As Maatkara, her mother and grandmother were priestesses in the Cult of Ra, in a role known as "God's wife" it was a very plausible story to the Egyptians. While pictures of Maatkara have been defaced after her death, many of them remain, including several statues and sphinxes that are currently on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Current evidence leads us to believe she died a peaceful death (as opposed to one of murder or I'll intent). This is evident by the state her mummy is in as well as some of the reliefs that have been left untouched by her nephew. The reliefs show Maatkara and Thutmose III side by side and of equal size (size symbolized the importance of subjects) but with different roles in government: Maatkara governing and Thutmose overseeing the military. In fact, when Thutmose took the throne after his aunt's death he was a conquer. There's no solid answer as to why Maatkara's face and name has been defaced as much as it has been, but one working theory (the one I personally like. Lol) is that while Thutmose III and Maatkara got along well, Maatkara had a daughter, no sons. So in order to protect *his* hold on the throne Thutmose decided to make a show of defacing Maatkara's image. Not enough to make her suffer a second death, though, because it wasn't really personal. But that last sentence is just my conjecture (I know, bad habit to add that.)

[@jamie_1678]

I have one. The game actually predicted a tunnel running underneath the pyramids and a few mounths after the game released this same tunnel was discovered in real life

[@michaelbcohen]

actually the tunnel by the Great Pyramid a was discovered nearly 2 years before the game using advanced scanning equipment, they got permission a few months before the game came out to actually explore it, and then it took them time to actually explore it. The Egyptian Govt moved very slowly to make sure everything was done properly so not to damage things, then even had to delicately break a hole in a wall to use a micro drone to see intose

[@user-mp1lw9nz5h]

Michael Cohen I think they knew it for even longer. I remember reading an book as an child where they mentioned hidden tombs under the pyramid they found thanks to x-ray and ultra sonic scans. That was like ten years ago. I suppose since them they tried to map the tombs exactly with modern scanning tools and getting the allowance of the government for expeditions. And every body who ever had business with officials know how long that takes.

[@tayla-paigecrook5251]

the only thing i learned was that i desperately want and need my own senu..i wonder if a seagull would suffice

[@domlocke3845]

It will not, unless your goal is to bother people holding french fries.

[@androidvgaming3242]

Tayla Crook seagulls exist to terrorize children. If this is your goal, you will succeed. The only place they'll guide you to is a McDonald's parking lot. Happy hunting!

[@sharkoj]

I have my own Senu 😌 It's a cockatiel. And my brother actually named her Senu

[@TheLocochico]

and eagle skull around my neck :D and a heron feather so I can send every evil person to Duat :D

[@isla2202]

My family owns many eagles. my grandfather gave each one of his children one when they came of age ( as eagles are seen as a symbol of sight in my tribe)...that was back in the 1960. But of course, my dad being the competent great father that he is decided " lol bird go bye bye"

[@dootboye]

The Sphinx's face was red because ancient Egyptians painted all their men using red and all their women using yellow. This can be found not just on the Sphinx but in any tomb wall painting. As for gender equality, Egypt had women Pharaohs like England had women queens and Russia had empresses. You only rarely got women as a single ruler (Elizabeth, Victoria, Catherine the Great) Though they existed, they were often the exception. The Egyptians actually believed that women rulers went against the religious concept of divine order, or Ma'at.

[@beholdnonsense5100]

Andy: Might want to reconsider that "the Great" suffix, history. Blue from OSP: (Distantly) RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

[@TheCheck999]

+

[@jameswhite153]

YES!!!!!!!

[@GotA-do4ob]

Fun fact! The statuary you see depicted throughout the more Greek cities such as Alexandria would have been painted as well! Not just the Egyptians were fond of pigments on their statues. The pure white marble we see today looks the way it does for the same reason the Sphinx is now bare. However, we have absolutely no way of knowing how every individual statue would have been painted so there’s no point in attempting to paint the marbles in the game either.

[@Brawndo27]

I am a MASSIVE AC fan and remember hearing that the Discovery Tour mode was announced as a thing some months back, in leu of a database feature. Very happy to see you guys do a video and confirm it is a thing! (even though I was just playing origins tonight and didnt notice the addition of the feature.) Love you guys and will keep watching.

[@MontagoDK]

The Sphinx had a different head, it had the head of Anubis, guardian of the underworld. Later one of the pharaohs (can't remember name) had the head replaced by his own. You can see this by the shape of the body versus the head which makes no sense. The Sphinx with a jackal / Anubis head on the other hand fits perfectly.

[@Corneilius5188]

I love that some of the Historical voiceovers are done by Neil Ross. His voice got me to listen to the Mass Effect codex entries over and over!

[@Corneilius5188]

guilmon981 I'm pretty sure it's him yeah, voice is pretty similar if not! I was hoping for more of him as well!

[@synthraofficial5366]

As the child of a person who studied Anthropology in college, I find this fascinating and I love this new educational mode.

[@McDDcM]

Of course it would be Andy narrating the history facts video. I bet he'd been waiting forever to do this.

[@domb107]

I hate sand. It's course and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere. The Egyptians actually invented toothpaste, but it was made out of hooves and eggshells so... maybe not as minty fresh as you might hope.

[@embodimentofimperfection5694]

D B Sand also tastes terrible. Big reason as to why I don't like it

[@korvo3427]

Misquote. It's "I don't like sand." but the rest checks out.

[@dragonheart1236]

I love how when it comes to removing the brain, they literally stirred it until it turned into a liquid, then it was poured out the nose

[@ratholin]

An effect you also get from watching 24 hour cable news channels.

[@edenromanov]

Gross xD

[@dragonheart1236]

Nero Renatus gross, but quite effective.

[@wispoflife4947]

DragonHeart 12 actually, the pulled the brains out of the nose so they don't damage the skull

[@Parbruek]

The best account I heard of the chambers in the Sphinx was that they originally were designed to generate a tone like a wind chime, but that this functionality was lost due to earthquake damage. This could fit with the Egyptian love of proportions seen in some early temples. Of course, there are also plenty of theories on the inernet about how the hidden chambers hold the true secret history of the human race and the universe...

[@gin9410]

"aliens"

[@ricardoperdomo8646]

I love the way you narrate this video it's killing me man LOL 😂😂

[@thisistherevolt]

This was pretty cool OxBox. A bit different from your normal list videos. I will take more of these please.

[@ZoeUnderall]

Very cool and interesting. Love this video

[@MultiPaco06]

Most likely Khufu's mummy was stolen since in the Middle Ages it was believed that mummy dust was highly magical, another reason why the mummy was robbed is because he was buried in lots of treasure, I mean Tutankhamon was a unknown king and look at the treasure he was buried with, usually it was the tombs architechts who robbed them.

[@davidgonzalez-herrera2980]

This channel actually made me laugh. Earned my like

[@kylegates6043]

Ik it was probably sarcasm but Alexander the Great was no idiot , he never lost a battle and conquered the entire known world while still in his 20s I’d say that takes some level of intelligence.

[@SuperAndyyan]

Good video hop you mark more in Odysse game . Like this tell more of the history . I like it

[@icarusswitkes986]

Will Siwa never know peace? I will go to the Saragina Camp to learn if there is any truth to this letter

[@korvo3427]

Hi! My name is Connor. I am the android sent by CyberLife.

[@dovahgwyn_]

Bayek is a really damn good character

[@koolnomi95]

Orcale doing the ultimate bullshit there to Alexander "um...yeah it's fine it means...ah...uh...the city will feed a great many people!" (nailed it)

[@drecknathmagladery9118]

I think kufus body is further into the pyramid behind a closed off passage perhaps after all pyramids often had a maze built in to ensure the owners body was safe

[@PanEtRosa]

As of last year, every inch of the entire Sphinx complex has been examined with sonar, infrared, x-ray, radio signals... There aren't any passages left in it that researchers don't know about. That said, there is one chamber that is known but still inaccessible without digging through the monument. That chamber is about the size of the Grand Gallery where Khufu's sarcophagus was located. Exploratory tests are sensitive enough to be able to tell if there is a large freestanding object like a sarcophagus within the concealed chamber and haven't discovered one. I wonder how they're going to proceed examining that space.....

[@Phoenix_VR]

don't we have something like nano robots?!

[@PanEtRosa]

Nano robots wouldn't be able to relay any significant information about a chamber that is hundreds of square feet in size.

[@Gibsonmaniac57]

More videos of Andy & the rest of the crew touring Egypt, proposing alternate theories to History's Mysteries. There's your Title; *History's* *Mysteries* w/Andy

[@UniCops]

My favorite fact of Ancient Egypt was found in one of my old history books. Apparently, king/pharaoh Sneferu (or Snofru) attempted to build a pyramid three times - the first two times were bummers since he first made a weird minecraft-like pyramid, and then a pyramid that had a weird tent-like upper form (the Bent Pyramid). And at last, after learning of his mistakes, he made a third, perfect pyramid that he could rest in peace in... even the genius Egyptians made mistakes, folks.

[@TheHammerGuy94]

Anakin: I hate sand, it's coarse, it's rough, it gets everywhere. Ancient Egyptians: OH TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!

[@dutchpangermanist5673]

The sfinx lost it's nose when Obelix was hanging off of it

[@bilbo_t_baggins2762]

I just thought, maybe, just maybe Indiana Jones was a vivid dream experienced by Han solo while he was frozen in carbonite.

[@octaviakustiawan7471]

I learned way mor things in a 60 dollar game than 13 years in school

[@billbill6094]

This is categorically false

[@robertgronewold3326]

No mention of how the Sphinx is actually older than Egypt, and was likely a large lion or jackal before it was 'photoshopped' as you would say.

[@robertgronewold3326]

I learned that from a History Channel documentary quite a few years ago. It's pretty much assumed these days that the statue is quite old.

[@redshirt49]

Actually, the Discovery Tour does mention that it might have been a jackal, and indeed it would make sense since the jackal was representative of protecting resting places. However, there is little beyond speculation to actually definitively say this was the case and placing the Sphinx' age beyond ~5000 years is implausible since that's when it starts appearing in records. The most likely theory is that it was either altered into its human shape or built entirely by one of Khufu's successors to honor him. Any scholar on these matters is aware that it might have made sense for it to have been a jackal but there is 0 evidence to suggest this is true. The only indication of it is that the head seems smaller than it should be but that could be for any number of reasons. As for the theory that it's older than Egypt, well, there is even less evidence for that. This is generally repeated by people who misunderstand how erosion works and what its effects would have been on the unrefined, raw sandstone the Sphinx was carved out of.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Well, quite a few believe that the statue predates Egypt, and that it was changed and resurfaced several times.

[@justinlittle4534]

@@redshirt49 you do realize that it is water erosion that surrounds and is on the Sphinx right? It was caused by thousands of years of rainfall. Tell me genius, when was the last time it rained in Egypt? Well to save you the time of looking it up, that was about 10,000 years ago, literally double the age your proposing. This was proven by many reliable sources, one of them being Robert Schoch. He covered the Sphinx head and asked a geologist what could of caused that erosion and he said it was undoubtedly due to lots of rainfall, then when he revealed that it was the Sphinx the geologist simply sayed "Oh, wow". So unfortunately for your theory, yes there indeed is reliable evidence that is way older than we think. I find it extremely ironic when you talk about how erosion should work when you failed to point out a very simple yet important fact regarding the *type* of erosion it was. In this specific case it makes a world of difference considering it's been a desert for way longer than 5,000 years.

[@redshirt49]

@@leeonardodienfield402 Hey, don't present suppositions as facts. The thing about the Sphynx being like 10.000 years old is not a well-respected theory because it raises too many questions without answers and contradicts some evidence we have. The most popular argument for this is the weathering, which has been likened to water erosion from rainfall. Since Egypt was a desert 5000 years ago that would make its construction at this time impossible. But that theory has problems, for one it does not account for the then lack of additional wind, sand and oxygen ersosion that should have taken place since then nor does it mention that there are other, more plausible explanations for the erosion observed Occam's Razor and all that.. It's also erroneously assumed by some that the thing is or was pointing at Leo, which is nonsensical considering the fact that it is unlikely this civilization would have the same constellations we do and associate them with the same things. Furthermore, it's impossible: the sky is always in motion and always was. Constellations are never in any one place for long enough to build things that point at them. Is it possible the thing is twice as old as we believe? Yeah. Is it likely? No.

[@HarryPeksPeks]

thanks needed this for my art history test tomorrow

[@ValentinasWatching]

Ha! Awesome stuff. Thanks! 👍

[@Justaweeb]

I didn't even know some of these big up mates ✌🔥

[@killaxero86]

I really enjoy discovery mode for Origins and Odyssey. I hope its a mainstay for every Assassins Creed from here on.

[@Velvet3232]

The Sphinx was originaly a lions head. it was changed by a ruler who was believed to be jelaous that it was more memorable then him. so he carved the head of the lion into he's own face.

[@egyptianboi305]

The sphinx was built by khafra the builder of the second pyramid it was made by him to represent how tough and intelligent he was by adding lion body and human face

[@kapnkarhoonch5497]

My favorite was the library of Alexandria, oh how I would love to have been able to go there when it was still thriving. I wouldn't have left, I'd have spent my whole life reading scrolls.

[@seanthebluesheep]

Hey @Andy I am actually from ancient Babylon, and that's really rude to say the gardens didn't exist. Unsubscribe

[@omiai]

you aged well :D

[@omiai]

you poor thing! must be a complete nightmare! there should be some kind of support group. maybe you guys could start one :D ;)

[@RamenAnytime]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SilverCheetah]

I absolutely love this! I'm getting it, even though I haven't played any of the games since Brotherhood....

[@tylerkahle332]

Dang! This is awesome!

[@jordanvandaalen8782]

Man, I love history! It's so cool that Discovery Tour Mode is a thing, really makes me want AC:O even more.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

6:25 I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.

[@TheSec09]

When Napoleon invaded Egypt he cannoned the Sphynx but without making much damage to it.

[@beedykh2235]

We still know nothing about actient Egypt. We have a lot of misunderstandings of what the pyramids used to be.

[@loptseldr]

now i must reinstall my game and playthrough again haha tnx.

[@tezlaactual6582]

Maybe the pharoh kufu drank so much milk that the calcium had strengthened the skeleton so much that it punched its way out of his own sarcophagus

[@Eabalo2]

Videos from both Outsidexbox and outsidextra on my birthday? Awesome!

[@ethanjoseph1057]

Merry Birthday! You have survived another year of life! Good job

[@domb107]

Happy Birthday!

[@Rodrigo-ei4ht]

I spased halfway through the video when I realized History Man Andy was doing the historical tour guide video.

[@theycalledmemahdi8490]

This idea is awsome

[@Hellwyck]

I loved this video, in fact I had a PHARAOHld time watching it ;)

[@d4rkm4n1]

Wow educating 👌

[@ruyvazquez1588]

I feel the whole bit about the dental care needed to mention that ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste, so their teeth would be as bad.

[@small6887]

Man, that wine inside the mummies must be good, it’s 4000 years old

[@OsirisFour]

I believe you've just convinced me to buy this game.

[@thedarkknight727]

Yeah but have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Trageduse the wise, he was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise he can use the Force to create SAND. 😆

[@G-0]

Francisco Garcia Because of that video series I can never not watch Revenge of the Sith without quoting those instead and acting confused when they speak their actual dialogue.

[@MultiNonymous]

Which video series is this?

[@G-0]

MultiNonymous Look up Revenge of the Sand. That's part 1 then the second is Rise of Darth Sand and finally The Tragedy of Darth Sand. You won't regret it.

[@MultiNonymous]

You were right, thanks for introducing me to this.

[@G-0]

MultiNonymous Np man it's hilarious

[@aniruddhbhatkal1834]

Oh Yesss! A thousand likes! Andy must be loving this mode!

[@mzr.3620]

6:22 That's the reason, Anakin hates sand.

[@misterthegeoff9767]

"The Sphinx has a 12 metre long back door that leads to cavities within its body". Err, guys, should you really be climbing inside the Sphinx's back passage?

[@robertagu5533]

Khufu just faked his death, later escaped after tiring of the whole Egyptian "living God thing" is all. He was last seen hiding as a farmer after fleeing to ancient Asia.. the scroll has since been lost to history

[@he_cat]

Robert Agu where did you get that from?

[@Jetfox967]

Mummies must be always drunk because they are filled with wine

[@Xemeets94]

This is why I love AC. I just wish the old games would’ve had something interesting like this too instead of collecting items and pause the game to read it.

[@jfzkyb2376]

Who doesn't love a good crunch when eating something? 😂

[@NightSky186]

new fact as of recent is that the sphinx head was carved again to get the Egyptian head meaning is used to be something else right now the theory is it used to be a lion but we still not fully sure

[@MunchyMango]

Now this is a cool update. Free, Educates people on history and creates more talk for the game leading to more sales. win win

[@bruhmoment7424]

The tomb in the sphinx is were you get the isu armor

[@theelike4302]

Fun Fact: The Luxor in Las Vegas used to reflect the sunlight just like the real pyramid. Unfortunately it was so bright it was blinding pilots coming into McCarran Airport and so all the windows had to be tinted.

[@butterball33]

You know what would be even better in Assassin's Creed? A Carmen Sandiego easter egg.

[@oneminutefixed5003]

pause at 01:49 see that whitish square outline on the wall to the right? It is the only stone in the king's chamber (believed to be khufu's chamber) to be sort of loose, there are actual scratching marks around it suggesting it maybe be a removable block

[@elliottwatt5297]

Even from this one video, I know more about mummification and brain removal than I ever wanted to.

[@andreyzagoruyko5390]

Actually they're not tombs at all but energy centers; that's the big cover-up; that's why they're always "empty"

[@PianoDisneygal10]

And here we have Andy, in his element, talking about history. Except this time, there are people who care to listen.

[@tamilnarrator1821]

I like this because it tells u the secret and discovered unknown tombs

[@danielflanard8274]

Man, I just want the game even more now

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Regarding the grit in the food, the game gets it both correct and wrong. Yes, the fine grit present in flour and bread wore down the tooth enamel (this was in fact an issue not just in Egypt but in all civilizations that ground grain with the help of stones, either by hand or with millstone), but it also had an advantage: It wore away the grooves in the crown of our molars (which are a characteristic of human teeth, compared to other primates), which in a culture that consumed bread (containing starch) and wine and honey (containing sugar) would actually have *lessened* the chance of getting tooth cavities from caries, because the bacteria that cause caries usually sit in the grooves and in the gaps between the teeth and consume sugars. Worn-down teeth didn't automatically equal cavities.

[@gg_glow]

I thought learning things from video games angered you, actually to the point where you made a video about it!

[@alijabbar5794]

Many historians would disagree with you about Hanging gardens, in fact it is more historically sensible than the Colossus of Rome ! (Great video though)

[@joshi5507]

That little tour feature is such a great idea. I only play ac for the story in the past not the stupid animus bs. But it was always difficult to discern which entries in the book were made up and which were real. They should really out an asterisk on the fake entries or something but anyway, these tours should be a good way to learn :)