Emily Teeter | Why Tut Matters

On November 4, 1922, Howard Carter and his team uncovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, Egypt. Join us as we celebrate the centennial of this re-discovery, and examine the impact this boy king continues to have on our collective global imagination.
Why Tut Matters
With Emily Teeter, Egyptologist
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[@bradm.3775]

I Love hearing Emily's explanation about the importance of Tutankhamen

[@j.l.emerson592]

I went to the 1977 Tut exhibit in New Orleans, Louisiana. I was gobsmacked. There was stadium type seating where ticket holders waited to be admitted to the exhibit. The exhibit was 'one way'. The attendees were herded through the exhibit without being allowed to backtrack. So if you wanted to immerse yourself you strolled through as slowly as humanly possible. Also, photography was strictly forbidden. Still, I was thrilled to be there. It was one of the highlights of my adult life.

[@petermsiegel573]

I saw it in DC around that time. It was the most amazing museum exhibit I’ve ever seen. It was crowded, but as it was a typical museum setup, one merely kept going clockwise into the oncoming crowd and you could stay for hours! Went to the recent-ish show in LA. It was excellent, but didn’t have some of the most impressive pieces; on the other hand, while I’d give it an A-, it was also not too crowded, so we had the time to really get close up to study the artifacts. Glad to see Tut again up close!

[@patriciaoudart1508]

All that are show, not able to study really Egyptian History. For me all that is artificial like media. Only objects, and people having a look at objects. No History of peoples, as not the right to take a picture. So what where are we in that game?, Nothing none. I have books on Egyptian History, one on Tut with lot of pictures, lot of details, no need to stole treasures out of Egypt.

[@petermsiegel573]

@@patriciaoudart1508 Hmmm. All of these items were lent by the Egyptian government on a temporary basis and returned. Your complaint is fair, if you directed it at looted Egyptian artifacts in Western museums- not here. If you went to these exhibits though you’d see how much they help bring Egyptian history alive, including (a) the workers who built these spaces and (b) those whose hard work brought them to light. Could they do more to humanize ancient peoples? Yes, and these talks do exactly that!

[@waqasusmans]

@@patriciaoudart1508 The policy of no pictures was there in some parts of museums in Cairo as well, but allowed in other areas! I was there last month, and it was an amazing experience! Photography wasn't allowed in the old Egyptian Museum (Cairo) in the Tutenkhamun collection room (it had many intricate jewelery items, two layers of coffins including a solid gold coffin, sandals etc in a separate room), but photography was allowed in other parts. His throne / chair, footrest, and many other items were outside that room, and pictures were allowed there. In the newer National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (Cairo), at the lower floor that has 22 Royal Mummies, no photography was allowed! Photography was allowed at the upper floor which has artifacts from tens of thousands of years thru the dynastic period and the modern period. I wanted to buy books with pictures of Tutenkhamun's and other Royal Mummies, but even those books had black and white pictures, and the staff said that's because the government didn't allow color pictures of those mummies. It seemed really arbitrary, because I was able to buy books of Tut's collection that had beautiful, color pictures of jewelry etc. I have heard they plan to move all 5000 items from Tut's Tomb to one place in the new Grand Egyptian Museum which is not open yet, but its opening is planned for 2023.

[@MelEveritt]

Thank you so very much. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation and love the fact I can now watch lectures like tue aforementioned from outback Queensland, Australia. Brilliant

[@jhb1493]

Fascinating subject with an excellent presenter!

[@adrianlovett3483]

Amazing talk very thought provoking Thank you

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

Thanks…that was a great lecture

[@davidcaldecoat7414]

A very informative talk by Emily

[@rahoulzerohl]

Great talk. We here in Canada have an over-priced show called "Immersive Tut" which essentially is a big open space with a slideshow running on the walls around you. Oh and a giant sandbox in the middle, 'cause, you know, it's sandy there.

[@johnmcarthur1658]

Lol

[@andrewwalton1520]

Anybody know when Zawi Hawass is likely to make his announcement that he has identified King Tut's probable stepmother Nefertiti's mummy & the mummy of Tut's Queen Ankhesenamun. Dr Hawass said in mid September he would make these announcements in October it's now almost 1 December and have heard nothing not even an update. Could Emily perhaps shed any light ?

[@TheSuzberry]

I was lucky to see the exhibit at the Smithsonian as as associate member of the Smithsonian.

[@annascott3542]

With half of hitherto unknown part of a necklace belonging to Tut showing up at auction recently, we know now that Carter (#1 suspect) didn’t, in fact, leave empty handed. One wonders what Lord Carnarvon‘s take was, or what else might be out there. Which brings Teeter’s point full circle; it’s discovery, use as an advertising gimmick, and now it’s commodification as entertainment - all motivated by greed.

[@user-yg1zj5dz9f]

the gold mask at 45mins has a small nose like a white man ,perhaps like a danish man..but also sudanese can be petit and round faced with small features

[@SikanderG]

Tut definitely matters. It also needs to be broadcast everywhere that he was murdered in a conspiracy by Horemheb and Ay.

[@catlinferris5970]

This is like getting to goto school for free lol

[@hifibrony]

Regarding the last few minutes of Dr Teeter’s presentation- once again capitalism kills everything it touches.

[@cynthiawood4201]

Tut was pure Serpent seed, know your Enemy.

[@deeptruthify]

What do you mean?

[@helenamcginty4920]

I hate hearing this young man being called King Tut. Not because he was s king but that he was a human being and that isnt his name. Names are important. Incidentally he doesnt matter to me at all. Just dort of interesting in passing. I find the archaeology of the builders of the pyramids far more interesting. The objects do not provide a snapshot of life in Egypt st that or any other time. It tells us about the disgusting wealth of the elite. What amazes me is that the grip on power of these elites lasted do long.

[@patriciaoudart1508]

I will take an example why artefacts should never left their natural cluster... 😠 My grand grand ...grand father and mother , their baby son, are on two paints from Corot, the french artist, ''the factory of Mr Henry'', and ''the View from Soisson'', my ancestors are the man with the pipe, and the woman washing the clothes in the far, being in romantic scene in the second one. But the first object is in a california Museum, the second one in a Netherlands Museum.... So, first this is a ''retourné'' that Corot was making sometimes, the second paint is when you turn back near the first view. I studied all that, I've a lot of informations the Museum have not, and that are lost, because art paints are a market, and Museums have a very bad play with buying parts of an history stolen to locals ancestors, only for the Show to populace without knowledge of the true history. I can't as not access to my ancestors, no money to spend to travel to the museums, and this is only because internet were created that I had knowledge of all this, only be able to look at those paints in low definition, so loosing details. The two paints were a pair, none said that, only me, and now they are at the opposite of the world. I'm laughing about so said experts who knows only what have been said in the media. I made a big job on satellite, and street views to find the the two paints were drawn at twenty meters one from the other ,and I Know why, and I can say that this view to Soissons, will not be available more longer, buildings will occult the view. We have the well known treasure, ''Or des Scythes'', that travelled as museum show in Europe. As Crimean people voted to Join Russia, the Amsterdam museum decided to keep the gold in their country and not restitute it to Crimean Museum, for those political nonsense. Living in Bulgaria, there's ''The Thracian Treasure'' travelling in Europe too, amazing pieces of gold also, what about if Bulgaria decide to not obey to Eu?.... For me this is clear this is robbery by pretending this is for showing artefacts to the public. The Art is in the jail of powerfuls, far from it's home. Why Nefertiti is is Germany? Why most Egyptian History is in Paris, London, Berlin?.....as I say, that keep very hard to see related evidences about ancestors. Only an elite can travel everywhere but egyptian people will never see the puzzle of their History.🙏💚🧡🤔

[@johannesnicolaas]

Very interesting lecture! But please don't call the king ..... Tut..... It is so wrong. For the Egyptians they believed they would survive if there name/monuments/body was spoken or seen. So to name him Tut is like hacking him in two. So don't.

[@deathdoor]

Not Tut again! I'm getting traumatized with everyone just talking about this person, enough, please!

[@HebaruSan]

Well unless you can show us the undisturbed tombs of Hatshepsut or Ramesses II, you'll probably continue to hear a lot about young Tutunkhamun

[@SikanderG]

Why did you open this video just to say this?

[@rsr789]

@@SikanderG There's always someone who woke up on the wrong side of bed and needs to broadcast it to the world.

[@patriciaoudart1508]

@@SikanderG because this is named, a troll😂

[@koksalceylan9032]

There are Trillions of other video's watch Baywatch?.