Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh • Puppet History

Her legacy was erased. But WHY?
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Featuring: Ryan Bergara, Ryann Graham
Research: Kari Koeppel
Writer: Garrett Werner
Editor: Anthony Frederick
Camera Operator/Sound Mixer: TJ Marchbank
Motion Graphics Animator: Mike Fox
Assistant Editor: Crystal Cheng
Additional Music By: Patrick Volker
Production Coordinator: Brittney Lee
Creative Director of Post Production: Anthony Frederick
Head of Development: Katie Leblanc
Executive Producers: Steven Lim, Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara, Katie LeBlanc
Music Provided by Audio Network
SFX by Audioblocks
Logo Designed by Jennet Liaw
Logo Sound Design by Yuta Endo (@yuuutaendo)
Image Credits:
Portrait of Queen Nebto, daughter of Ramses-Meïamoun from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Full portrait of Ramses III from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Prince Mantouhichopchf from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Offering of flowers & fruits from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of King from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Goddess Anouke & Ramses II from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peripteral Temple of Amenhotep III at Elephantine from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Interior decorations of the Gynaeceum of Ramses III from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Columns and aedicules from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beam columns of Amenhotep III, at Thebes from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Statue of Queen Amenirdis from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pillars-caryatids of the Temple of Ramses III from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, digitally enhanced by Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Ocas de Meidum, photograph reproduction by Marc Mateos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
View on the Valley of the Kings in West Thebes, Luxor, Egypt, photograph by Zezinho68, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[@cor289]

Ryan: The system is rigged that's why I never win Also Ryan: hE hAd a DrAGoN

[@megabyte1302]

The system's rigged but Ryan is doing most of the work for it

[@lay_1306]

I mean if you know you're gonna lose anyway why not just have some fun with it 🤷

[@bladeofveng]

hotep isnt even a pharoah

[@bladeofveng]

its from Legos and the movie The Prince of Egypt

[@duckielooloui]

@@bladeofveng the professor did say that hotep is a part of many Pharaoh's names. So that partially counted.

[@paigelittle3153]

“No one man should have all that power” good thing Hatshepsut was a woman

[@skylermaxwell2778]

yesssss

[@averyeml]

I AM NO MAN 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@crystocious6715]

🤩 hehe nice 👍

[@paigelittle3153]

OWL MAN Issa joke bud

[@WYIN98]

@@owlman6569 chill dude , I found the "man" 😆😆

[@vallycorpses]

Ryann: “Were women allowed to be pharaohs?” The Professor: *sweats profusely*

[@dabsup5522]

The dance to death ptsd

[@squidward9155]

I love the thought of Hatshepsut suddenly joining Thutmose III in the afterlife like “I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU HAD THE AUDACITY”

[@Ali-mv3jc]

They think it was actually thutmose iii's priests now!

[@nara_drawz9895]

Yeah! And that the stuff she made wasn't destroyed but they wrote the name of Thutmose III's son over her's, at least if I remember correctly XD

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

@@nara_drawz9895 It was his Father's name, not his son.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

She’s like “Guess who bitch!”

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

"After everything I have done for you, you wipe my name off the history books? I was only nice to you, and you almost took away my afterlife! WHY?"

[@Ryebreaded]

Imagine being Hatshepsut’s nephew/sorta-son chilling in the afterlife thinking you had erased your aunt mom from the promised afterlife then thousands of years later she pops up like “thought you could get rid of me did you!?”

[@kitlee172]

YOUR AUNT MOM ☠️🤣💀😂☠️

[@LD-hs9iv]

"I lived on bitch."

[@doxsunii9891]

"You cant get rid of be bitch, I ain't going no where"

[@dguiol15]

That's what I was thinking!

[@AoAstar]

"it's hatsheput bitch"

[@marianwojcik6088]

The Professor has really stopped trying to pretend he’s not immortal, huh?

[@probablymalware9904]

Marian Wojcik One doesn’t need to pretend if isn’t untrue

[@tozmarauders4187]

@@probablymalware9904 that's just saying "it's true" with like 50 extra steps

[@995cool]

it's possesed by the demon that had possessed Shane

[@anteaters-R-us]

Hes a time traveler not immortal

[@thechosenkingofninjas8153]

@Maverick Lanzerotti bu dum tiss

[@AustinJASMR]

Everyone: "Shane rescued Hatshepsut's soul by telling everyone about her." The dozens of other pharaohs that were either forgotten or historians are questioning their existence: *Sad space dust noises*

[@vjapple3083]

Or the ones that were just straight up eaten

[@AustinJASMR]

@@vjapple3083 By insects, right?

[@perfectblueeeee]

@@AustinJASMR haha no, Europeans (middle ages) used to grind up mummies to make mummy powder and sold it as a cure-all for every problem under the sun. Unfortunately. Then later (early 1900s I think??) rich people had mummy unwrapping parities and sold off all the trinkets wrapped in the mummy's bandages and just *threw the mummy away* so they could've been eaten by bugs then 😅😅😅

[@Delnyque]

@@perfectblueeeee Allow me to add painters loved the brown color grind mummies offered

[@perfectblueeeee]

@@Delnyque i didn't know that one! That's neat... and sad

[@bloodangel10590]

I love how genuinely upset and outraged they are on her behalf that she was nearly erased from history - it’s testament to a good history lesson to get so invested! Well done, Prof!

[@kdt35503]

The professor (in Ryan's unsolved voice): "the mystery as to why her legacy was erased remains... not fully understood." Damn. Really had me on that one.

[@orlaporlypuddinnpie]

KD T me too! I’m dying for that series to be back!

[@ryanemccorkle8031]

They even had the music behind it while he was saying it

[@cactipoke]

@@ryanemccorkle8031 the FLASHBACK that i had

[@sirichandanaakarapu378]

i was hoping he would say unsolved, the music even came. now i need to watch buzzfeed unsolved

[@alexpapagianni8931]

KD T lolll ik I was about to say remains unsolved 💀💀

[@spring_chicken]

Calling the pyramids a "fancy cemetery" is an absolute power move

[@hannahmeaker4595]

I can't get it out of my mind

[@bonnierite]

Its such a shane move. Same man to talk to demons like a high school bully lmao

[@aspenjade2454]

I mean, he’s not wrong 😂

[@permanentstateofawe6544]

Where is the lie?

[@gwencocoa]

tragedy + time = comedy

[@Felsenkeks]

As a former child nerd with an ancient egypt obsession (and frankly I'm surprised there arent more, I feel like this was a thing back in the day, like dinosaurs and space), not only did I very much know about Hatshepsut, but I have come here to tell you that Nefertiti almost certainly did rule as a pharao in her own right, she just gave herself a male name, like other female pharaos.

[@valkyrie-randgris]

I mean Akhenaten's reign was nothing if not unique, obvi. Besides all the art and monotheism stuff, I'm always down to talk about the fact that they had a general dude named Smenkhkare as one of their lovers, and may have been Non-binary themselves! Akhenaten and Nefertiti were interesting as FUCK!

[@soraxkingdom]

Fellow Ancient Egypt nerds unite!

[@nalinmalhotra3319]

Also everyone knows that naming most amount of Pharoah is so easy. Just write Ptolemy

[@ananyasaxena82]

I loved hatchseput. I read about her in an encyclopaedia. She was neat

[@ellazenzen8735]

I am another fellow ancient Egypt nerd. in third grade, me and my best friend would check out books from the library and take notes during recess. we wanted to write a book or something.

[@sweaterstripes6295]

the fact that no one is talking about how bomb that song actually was is disappointing

[@piezana]

I was looking for this comment!!

[@Skrimbi]

It's so good tho

[@gabriellarosa7159]

I can't stop listening to it

[@colbynason429]

@@gabriellarosa7159 I literally tried to find some puppet history songs on apple music right after i watched this! Unsurprisingly came up empty.

[@Mare416]

@@colbynason429 I have some good news for you: they're on SoundCloud.

[@iniiniinia]

Shane did not even take a breath during the song, Kanye could never.

[@Sunidhi2706]

Shane can make [insert Kanye album] but Kanye could not make a puppet history song and that's the ☕!!!

[@skeleteleportation8043]

the reason Ryan is the only consistent student is because he keeps getting held back

[@soyeye6612]

Ryan? Do you mean Beef Man?

[@skeleteleportation8043]

Soyeye my bad, mustve gotten Ryann and Beef Man mixed up

[@recoil53]

@@soyeye6612 Beef Boy. He can complete his Rites of Manhood and become Beef Man when he wins the jellybeens.

[@saiwenya]

true maybe when he wins he will graduate and they will have two guests or steven

[@iridescentmothasmr]

We learned about her in my women’s study class. My teacher told us that it was normal for Pharaohs to destroy the stuff that the Pharaoh before them built because “that guy before me wasn’t the gods choice of Pharaoh, I am so let’s destroy everything that fake did.”

[@vampiresdontsleep]

Late but we learned about her in my women’s studies class too...

[@internetexplorer6304]

Damn that's petty

[@ligood]

Therapist pulls out ink blot: “what do you see?” Ryan: “a blue puppet”

[@yourlocaltrickstergod]

SKSKSKSKKSKS

[@renworksfornow]

"Ryan this is red ink"

[@moonbabymagic1917]

I’m so embarrassed to admit this but as I was finishing up this episode I had a thought like “why doesn’t Shane ever be a guest on the show”... and then I realized I am so encapsulated by this puppet professor character that I completely forgot it was even shane sitting there behind that curtain... Isolation is getting to me. send help. or jelly beans, either works.

[@abrahamdupak1048]

i ain't got no jelly beans but i can send some virtual help

[@zulfikarel9679]

I came from the future to tell you that you do NOT want to eat those jelly beans

[@The73MPL4R]

Until I read this comment I had no idea that Shane was the Professor and now I feel like an idiot for not recognizing his voice

[@LOSTLEAD8R]

WHAT

[@Skewzzme]

🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬

[@emmak4886]

Use this as the "We recognize the amount of work Shane puts into this and we really appreciate it" button

[@mra8162]

They do, it’s called their patreon button breh

[@tiffanialello4588]

He writes a new history song weekly

[@snowingsoftly3953]

Rip your notifs

[@MB-sj2yu]

I mean you kinda has too when your lively hood depends on it, he dumped his own person funds into this company he’s not about to go bankrupt. Of course he’s going to put his all into it do you not know how a business works?

[@alanna6034]

Yes

[@elizalol222]

“Were women allowed to be pharaohs?” “... *I dunno* “

[@sedwillful]

Africa

[@funnyfroggiealert1816]

they were! several women pharaohs came to succeed Hatshepsut :)

[@elizalol222]

@@funnyfroggiealert1816 that puts a smile on my face

[@MARKOUTTV]

@@elizalol222 last ever pharaoh of Egypt was a woman (Cleopatra)

[@Ali-mv3jc]

@@MARKOUTTV wasn't it caesarean? Cleopatra's son

[@offbeatnightcore2776]

Shane: Though we have a better understanding of how she died, the mystery as to why her legacy was erased Me: Oh Shane: Remains Me: OHHHHHHHHHH Shane: Not fully understood. Me: *Sad BuzzFeed unsolved noises*

[@annevalbuena502]

At least I know I wasn’t the only one who felt slightly disappointed that Shane said “not fully understood” instead of “unsolved” lol

[@alexaustin5172]

@@annevalbuena502 I think the point of them not saying it is to show that this is completely separate from Unsolved. They left to build on their own established audience but with more of a creative freedom. A casual joke about Unsolved is harmless enough. I’m sure I’ve seen Ryan do the same before in one of the Too Many Spirits videos potentially. Or an Are You Scared

[@annevalbuena502]

@@alexaustin5172 I know. But does that mean I can’t feel disappointed abt it?

[@that.ucurlele.gal7]

Sooo gooood that part!

[@abbyy.7496]

who is this shane you speak of? i only know the professor

[@morganmarsh1276]

*in the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Lobby* Other Pharoh: so how were you re-remebered? Hatshepsut: a grown man on the internet with a singing goose puppet or something

[@recoil53]

Damn, I told my advisors to go with singing goose puppets.

[@morganmarsh1276]

@@recoil53 bro I hate it when that happens

[@kitlee172]

Singing goose mummy puppets, that are INCREDIBLY talented, write their own songs, and still manage to keep their bandages on throughout their entirely self-choreographed performance.

[@RagingCompassionYhwhis1]

Pah hahahahahhaaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@EmilyGrace20]

I’m sure when Hatshepsut was making very important decisions and building architecture, etc to ensure her legacy and soul lived on for eternity, she never in her wildest dreams fathomed that a fuzzy, blue mittenstocking on a talking box capable of reaching the entire globe (places, also, she never even knew existed), along with a catchy tune mimed by another mittenstocking likeness of her dead pet bird, would be part of that legacy some 3 and half thousand years later.

[@Aitaitaitai]

But I bet she’s proud 😁

[@lmcc1175]

I feel like everyone wants to be remembered this way

[@tympestbooks1727]

I feel like this is the kind of thing that might get written off as a really weird offering by ancient god royalty, if also a really appreciated offering given that it spreads how many people are aware of her.

[@AmyLouisaSophia]

Absolutely no one: Auto-generated subtitles: Hot Chef Soot

[@jackieronaldwayerston6723]

You would absolutely like the nickname Horrible Histories gave to her: _“Hot Chicken Soup”_

[@MelJames]

So fun fact, (not that anyone will probably care but) the leading theory as to why Hatshepsut was forgotten is down to jealousy and the patriarchy because, as usual, when a Pharaoh dies they get a tomb, and Hatshepsut built herself this beautiful tomb that was two storeys and built into the side of a mountain. Thutmose III decided he was going to build himself an even bigger tomb next door to hers that would supposedly put hers to shame and really overshadow her tomb and her successes in her mortal life. But guess which temple is still standing today... If that isn't some kind of punishment from the Gods then I don't know what is.

[@teethyy]

Hatshepsut returning to the afterlife after her legacy is restored: ✨ 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽 ✨

[@knoxgarfallen3355]

Bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@knoxgarfallen3355 Wait hang on are you her reincarnation or someþing?

[@yellododo]

Cedar Franklin bruh what

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@yellododo I... Made a joke about đe first person to reply actually somehow being Hatshepsut since đey seem to have replied _as_ her?

[@jazzedaboutcheese]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 the comment was a reference to a meme from American Horror Story.

[@francesleones4973]

It warms my heart to see Shane honoring such a badass like Hatshepsut with an adorable mummified goose singing her a song.

[@brendanfoehr5086]

Well, she got the most unforgettable eulogy of any of the pharaohs, it's fitting.

[@jacobbiggs7956]

One of my favorite songs thus far, at that.

[@MrTheartofraven]

The song slaps too

[@KAMS1198]

It’s ridiculous how much i enjoy these

[@mummifiedgoose2449]

Best song on the show by a long shot.

[@laurachapple6795]

EGYPTIAN: "And these mummified geese will sing her praises in the afterlife!" *fast forward* PROFESSOR: "I need somebody to perform at the end of my lesson. Would you..." GOOSE: "YES! I've been working on this song for millennia!"

[@yellododo]

OMGOSH I LOVE THAT SO MUCH 🥺

[@alcikelly1920]

And it shows! One helluva bop! :D

[@walmartrotisseriechicken]

we not gon talk abt ryan burning the spider alive & using it as a fear tactic for all the other spiders? that was mf intense

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

I've done that when I had an ant infestation in my kitchen. Worst summer of my life

[@yds2m]

my flat has a silverfish infestation (real bug) and I drew an overly detailed rendition of one as a kaiju destroying our block. i then didn't see another one for a whole six months whereas they still plagued everyone else

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

Konrad Kurze would be proud.

[@ambertregoning3821]

"Try knowing more" -The Professor 2020

[@cat-xj9ki]

BRO WHY ISNT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT 1. THE BOP ASS SONG 2. TH TH THE UNSOLVED TH THE

[@melaniekoin5460]

He threw shade at BuzzFeed Unsolved

[@charlotterice3839]

i freaking DIED

[@ipathy9436]

wait where? I thought I watched the whole vid ;-;

[@shalai1742]

æipathy 28:01 u can here the theme sound in the back and also how ryan use to say and the case is still *DUN DUN* Unsolved then ryan laughs

[@weakanklesfornamjoon]

His Ryan voice impression! Baller.

[@henryholden4052]

As a fellow atheist, I am such a huge fan of how respectful Shane is to other religions. I appreciate the “pay it forward, pay it backward” style of teaching where you can be inspired by the past as well as honor them (by keeping her memory alive which would have been the most respectful way to repay that lesson). This show is just very genuine and human, like 90s pbs but for teens 🤣🥰

[@kailynrudd7937]

As someone in their 30s who was recommended it by someone else my age, the "for teens" part really caught me off-guard.

[@remainprofane7732]

“What the fuck” *Hatshepsut being restored to the Afterlife after several millennia in hell, probably with a radical skeleton arm or something, and being told this video was responsible*

[@judetwee]

Ryan's face just becomes slowly more homicidal with every loss, season finale will be a low budget car chase as he tries to run the Professor over

[@erinab4295]

Lmao, it better be

[@andrabee1313]

Lightning berqueenga

[@kitlee172]

the professor so fast 💨 he never gets caught by things like stage curtains.

[@n8dawg727]

That would probably be the best epsiode so far. I'd deff be more than happy to watch that out come lol

[@aubrienicolle]

😂😂😂

[@saiwenya]

the way Shane literally saved her soul by teaching the audience about her

[@jamesamala7371]

King,,, pharaoh, even!

[@bobbyshewan4229]

Shane is a fucking bro

[@Camilavvm868]

The puppet !!!

[@bryceerickson6096]

Love this

[@damon9443]

He is a demon so.

[@alex-fs9yt]

Pyramids: *exist* Shane: fANcY cEMetEary

[@rocketsummer]

ryan: tells scary stories in the dark shane: puppet theater, jellybeans, fun history facts

[@shrutin5331]

Can we appreciate that Shane has returned Hatshepshut her legacy back, because now thousands of people know her and will remember her and this video, in a weird way, is her monument.

[@jorellelouis1551]

Thutmose III surprised in the afterworld when Hatshepsut emerged. "You can't kill me, bitch"

[@anamahilom8978]

I posted this video on Twitter and will post it on Facebook. That's my monument to take out Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Maatkare) from the eternal void.

[@12myea]

Jorelle Louis Nebrida LMFAOOOO

[@candyb7137]

That’s actually a very beautiful thought, thank you for sharing 😊

[@mewtwaila]

We learned about her in elementary (6th grade english class; I live in Florida for reference)

[@raisedhippylivingpunk8058]

professor: "who no one has ever heard of.............hatshepsut" me, immediately, having had a hyperfixation on ancient egypt when i was four: I've heard of her, shes amazing

[@beccaL10]

Meeeee

[@WhisperingMoon83]

Sameeeeeeee, once The Professor showed her statue I knew who he was talking about. 😍

[@littlejelly4698]

I've heard of her as well!

[@mppi]

had a whole unit about egypt in sixth grade ajdjwjej

[@mariemalinovska7980]

@@WhisperingMoon83 exactly! That statue has been my phone background for ages. Her mortuary temple too

[@KG-uz6xv]

When he "yells" the professor's little feet wiggle around🤣...so cute! Image if everytime someone raised their voice volume they also kicked their feet randomly 🤣🤣🤣

[@tamarkb6833]

Sounds like a Shane move

[@hannahkirkland1301]

The fact that he replaced all of her monuments with her husband instead of himself makes me think that maybe his advisors told him that allowing her legacy to live on would put his own sons in jeopardy because it would open up the position to the daughters too.

[@djedemankhhekare9790]

Kemet was matriarchal so the seat of power ran through the female line of the family. Misogyny wasn't an issue in African culture pre-colonization

[@onibeebee]

@@djedemankhhekare9790 hate to tell you but this isn't the case, aside from the fact that Africa is a whole continent with many different countries all functioning in different ways, misogyny or the patriarchy was just as prevalent in Ancient African culture as it was post colonialism. Also, just because a country was matrilineal, it doesn't mean that there wasnt a patriarchy or that the average woman at the time was consider above or equal to men By claiming misogyny wasn't an issue, you diminish the very real suffering and efforts of women in historical and present africa, who were actively attempting to change their society for centuries. Many of the issues present in the generalised African patriarchy, are incredibly old customs, from well before any colonisation impact

[@djedemankhhekare9790]

@@onibeebee anytime you want to have this discussion in real time, let me know. I don't do back-and-forths in comment sections. If not, then I'll leave it be. Unless you are prepared to have a structured talk on the subject and are willing to make time to do so, you can have the last word here and I'll leave it at that.

[@onibeebee]

@@djedemankhhekare9790 okay? I'm simply disagreeing with something that I've learned is a harmful myth by people who are more informed in the subject then me Clearly neither of us have the necessary background in the subject to be having a "structured talk", so I don't really know what a conversation would actually achieve other then making asses of the both of us for debating a topic neither of us has a grasp of Peace then

[@annajane7860]

@@djedemankhhekare9790 yes it was lmao

[@caurie2905]

Can't believe the professor cannonically farms AND eats spiders

[@gears265]

Whelp, rip spider man.

[@deseuryderia]

what a *cottagecore man*

[@FirstLast-bv9tm]

The Professor's diet was leaked: 60% jelly beans and 40% *phat* spiders

[@janeeyre1990]

"ohh"

[@imnotgoodwithnames4101]

My new diet plan.

[@ishanafondekar6334]

only the phatest of spiders can give you a body like the Professor

[@liliflower3217]

This implies that the professor eats mainly puppet poop.

[@kitlee172]

Deadpool He’s not phat, he’s phluffy.

[@sheabae8315]

“Were women allowed to be pharaohs ?” “👁👃🏼👁”

[@Kelseynotkels]

I love ryann here. He just seems so engaged and wants to share his love of learning with a younger generation who are watching! “Gotta teach the children”

[@MadiAvery]

"DO YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO KILL A BABY?!??" ........daaamn professor

[@isabellejunio4232]

Does- Does the suggest that he’s done it before....

[@MadiAvery]

@@isabellejunio4232 yes, yes it does. Professor McNasty has a backstory, I just know it. 😂

[@andersthecrow6588]

I relate so much to him

[@maellel8057]

Well it was not easy for Voldemort

[@ca2082]

I love the little things about Puppet History like when Ryann says it's like Coco, and the professor sweetly replies, "It IS like Coco."

[@cyberstevie]

my favorite is in the pompeii one where the professor makes a sad little frog croak

[@BrunosSquirrel]

That was adorable. It really adds that charm that teachers have when they are passionate about their subject.

[@kitlee172]

When the professor says, after Ryan states he loooooves jelly beans (footnote: expensive necklace episode), in the tenderest little way that completely caught my cynical self completely off... “I know.”

[@lordoftheducks332]

That’s how he stays dummy thicc

[@cassidyb.3531]

@@lordoftheducks332 dummy thicc with kindness yessir 😌

[@PoodleDoodleDo]

Hapshetsut had her own MASSIVE burial temple! (The professor talks about it a wee bit in the video, but I'm gonna spew a few more facts) One e theory as to why she was found... well, NOT in her temple in the 1900s was due to her dying rather unexpectedly and too far from her temple to be buried there in a timely manner. Her temple was carved into the face of a canyon/rock and has three levels to it. It also has a massive ramp of stairs leading to the top, which was once lined with exotic plants from the red sea. This temple housed over 100 statues of the queen pharaoh, some sphinxes (like said in the video) but not all. This temple was later defaced by her step son (again, like the professor says) as he had nearly all the statues destroyed. My favorite theory as to why he destroyed so much of her legacy was due to the fact that she was soooo popular and was too much to live up to. He didn't want to rule in her shadow. (Again, no one knows for sure, this is just one idea) Anywho, you should look up her burial temple! It's pretty cool. Oh yeah, she also had an affair with her architect, who she also commissioned the temple from.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

The little throwback to Buzzfeed Unsolved was beautiful 😍

[@xlunarmiax]

fr i was wondering why no one was talking about it lol

[@user-ld6th3vw8e]

Ryann deserved his win for calling the "history is sad" twist way early, rip sorry beef man

[@hopegold883]

👌🏽

[@boredjubejube]

that new guy Beef Man is kinda chill, the professor should make him a permanent student

[@davidmorgan758]

He’s way better than Ryan Bergara tbh

[@mythicalpoolnoodle2574]

Yeah it would be nice if he could ever win

[@beelzebussy]

Yeah and he's hotter too lol

[@iiiiiiii2159]

I agree, he looks like someone who would be called Ricky or something.

[@jcvz12vz85]

Yah bro he is cuter

[@thatbitch8795]

idk if this is true but my temple tour guide told me that the son wanted to destroy the obelisk that had hatshepsut's life story carved on it, but that was seen as sacrilegious so instead he built walls around it to erase her from history. however this wall actually protected her obelisk from storms and such, making it one of the most well preserved obelisks in the temple i visited.

[@faisalliot]

I would consider that to be the most gracious divine intervention of justice, honestly. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@ven362]

She has a whole room dedicated to her at the MET and its beautiful

[@dilayyilmaz92]

A lot of historians actually speculate that it wasn't Thutmose who tried to erase her from history, but actually his son, as a way to claim all of Hatshepsut's successes for himself since his father was a great conquerer and his reign was really shitty compared to that which in my opinion is way sadder since he probably didn't even have any reason to erase her except is super fragile ego (well, either that or it was just a case of good old sexism)

[@hopegold883]

I heard that too

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Sexism..

[@infiniteideassquared9102]

Remember everyone: Respect Women, and All Hail The Watcher

[@clarissarojas7959]

All hail The Watcher

[@natthebrat2963]

All hail the Watcher

[@boo5236]

All Hail The Watcher

[@annaofcleves5556]

All hail the watcher

[@AngelArcher17]

All hail the Watcher

[@amelia3146]

As an archaeologist who works in the ENEA region, I appreciate this. For puppet history, it was a surprisingly good introduction to Hatshepsut. I really encourage people to look more into her, because she’s a super fascinating case of gender/body politics in Ancient Egypt, family and kinship at its worst, and a really great case study in terms of the whole (ethics of) excavating burials/disturbing the afterlife/mortuary archaeology debate.

[@sushiik7179]

I wish my actual history classes were like this.... I would never miss a single class

[@egglliott2156]

My favourite meme about the pyramids is “just because white people can’t do it doesn’t mean its aliens”

[@ashlynnheller8400]

Yeah. I belive in aliens and all. But the Pyramids were definitly not built by aliens.

[@cassidyb.3531]

@@ashlynnheller8400 same

[@CottonCandySharks]

Stonehenge also gets the treatment too, we currently have no patience and think ancient people couldn't be bothered with these long projects

[@WrenchedAdvice]

They were white tho

[@egglliott2156]

@@WrenchedAdvice have you seen an egpytion person

[@Bruh-kq9vw]

Everybody gangsta till the professor hands out rotten jelly beans

[@steph6473]

Yo that Hatshepsut song at the end slaps.

[@brendanfoehr5086]

It’s like... moving

[@chellebethel]

A few things I'm sad weren't addressed or explained, but overall a good hype job for an amazing Pharoah. The rebranding of her appearance as a man was to make her an actual Pharoah. All Pharaoh's wore the ceremonial fake beard and regalia because they were very literal and most of their population couldn't read or write. So, if you were dressed as a Pharoah, you WERE a Pharoah. Also, you wouldn't dare dress as a living God if you weren't one, because the gods wouldn't allow that. So, to become a true Pharoah, she had to dress the part. Also, she led her troops into battle on two separate occasions and was regarded as a military leader. They even found offerings of weapons to her. And, lastly, the biggest commodity they traded with Punt was myr. It was essentially to Egyptian life and was one of the ingredients in their skin cream that acted as a perfume and incense. Just some fun facts! ^_^

[@lindseyalbright3324]

"Try Knowing More" with the Professor's logo would be an excellent hat.

[@Bella-cj9ni]

oh my god i'd buy that in a heartbeat

[@baddiiev]

I WANT

[@crystocious6715]

YES!

[@thespacenoodle9786]

That do be kinda wonderful tho

[@mossyminou]

Or “Maybe Do A Little More Research Next Time”

[@allielabr]

beef man: *exists* ricky goldsworth: finally a worthy opponent

[@shalujain7895]

Lol

[@alexpapagianni8931]

LMFAOOO I CANT 💀💀💀

[@Ace_Up_My_Sleeve]

Our battle will be legendary

[@catsual_gamer]

Fr tho Shane being a demon kinda works with the way the Professor acts like he's either a time traveler or just. plain and simple, old enough to have witnessed it all :D

[@twinpeaksreference3981]

I wanted to note that the defacements of Hatshepsut's monuments occurred near the end of Thutmose III's reign, when he was co-regent with his son Amenhotep II. So, some historians believe that it was Amenhotep who tried to strike her from the record, especially as he diminished the power and influence of women in his own court (such as by not writing down their names, and removing certain ceremonial titles historically given to queens).

[@kaly3472]

The way the professor says "it is like Coco" it the most adorable purely phrase I ever hear

[@littlebearclaws3272]

Nobody: All of us when we were 5 years old finding that shiny book in the back of the library about ancient Egypt : *hee hoo forbidden knowledge*

[@philosynfonie7307]

Yup, exactly. Me and my friends were the bane of my history teachers existence back then.

[@littlebearclaws3272]

@@philosynfonie7307 big mood

[@beesbrownies]

This unlocked a deep memory within me

[@cactipoke]

ancient history is by far my favorite type of history

[@nikotm2856]

that golden egyptology book was too shiny and full of secrets. we had to know

[@ArcherOwl]

After the season 4 finale, I thought it would be fun to go back through the other videos and find out the real scores in each to see if Ryan actually won any. This will be focused on the points won during the questions only, not the extra points the professor gives out willy-nilly. Actual Score: Beef Boy had 5 points (excluding the rotten jelly bean) and Ryan had 5. It was a tie

[@TyTheNerfGuy]

MY WIFE

[@LivingMyLife22]

🫘

[@missladymo]

I’m so glad you covered Hatshepsut!!!! I’m an old lady compared to the majority of the audience and 36 years ago (👵) when I was in grade school we moved to San Jose. There is an incredible Egyptian Museum there and I became obsessed with all things Egypt. This episode really brought me back to the excitement I had as a 3rd/4th grader, discovering ancient Egyptian history.

[@LB-lf9vv]

Can you imagine Hatshepsut finally meeting her stepson in the afterlife... I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU HOW COULD YOU??!

[@MrNarwhaI]

It wasn’t Thutmose III, it was the Watcher.... All Hail the Watcher

[@MrNarwhaI]

AxxL Oh I know you, you’re that annoying guy who keeps flexing his two girlfriends who are definitely real and not fake at all.

[@unclewiley1986]

@@MrNarwhaI Oh yeah and his two gfs are horses in his stable

[@MrNarwhaI]

Uncle Wiley Those poor horses.

[@jorellelouis1551]

I CAN HEAR TYRA BANKS NO HAHAHAHA

[@leodleo99]

to be fair, archaeologists were indeed pretty bad before the 1900s

[@little_lion_heart9850]

Considering people used to do things like 'mummy parties' where they would take mummies and unwrap them at big parties. Or that 'mummy brown' paint used to be made by actually smashing mummies into fine dust and turning them into paint. It's amazing any history at all has survived. haah.

[@katiem5100]

@@little_lion_heart9850 Oh yeah, the mummy brown paint is hilarious to me in a terrible way because not only was it made of, y'know, literal dead people, but the paint was actually awful. It faded and cracked really easily; could ruin any color painted over, or near it; and never really fully dried and would start running if it got too hot. There are only a couple surviving paintings with the stuff on them.

[@little_lion_heart9850]

@@katiem5100 Who would guess human remains don't make good paint. haha. I thought it was made up when I first heard about it. I thought it must be a common myth or something. Humans are strange.

[@oneslikeme]

I feel like this was definitely a correct answer.

[@amandajohnson3531]

@@little_lion_heart9850 They also used the dust as medicine. Meaning they were ingested. And worse, as if it could get worse, they weren't always made from mummies. Since they were getting rarer, people would take other dead bodies, dry them to the best of their ability, and claim they were mummy dust.

[@blueyalt]

30:53 THE WAY THAT THE PROFESSOR (shane) AND RYAN JUST START INSULTING EACHOTHER AS THE OTHER RYANN LEAVES AND THEN BECOME SO NICE WHEN HE COMES BACK IS SO ICONIC WEUFWLEFBLKWEFHBWUG

[@robinannellisereaman7075]

I was at the Royal Ontario Museum recently, and they have a display for Hatshepsut, and it was so cool to see. You can actually see sections that had been carved away by thutmosa III to hide her legacy. Entire sections of carvings now blank

[@hillaryneese4309]

"...not that I've ever met her." IMMORTALITY CONFIRMED

[@francesleones4973]

The Professor is The Doctor!

[@anarchy7488]

more evidence that shanes an immortal demon

[@friedrice4015]

I know we all talk about how great the songs are, but the line "toss a kindly thought to she who nearly became history" gives me an emotion I can't quite identify.

[@brendanfoehr5086]

I hate to admit it but that mummified goose kinda got to me

[@deaf-tomcat]

tears started forming in my eyes like...damn

[@charmaineclimaco4650]

I will be rewatching this because Queen Hatshepsut was transported to Egypt Museum!! I’m literally fangirling right now 😭😍

[@wednesdayherrick]

She's actually one of the few I did learn about in history class.

[@kathrynbeauvais2047]

The Professor: Uses multiple sources, facts, and history textbooks. Also The Professor: Boss baby is Pharaoh

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

The Professor: Time Traveler History Master P.U. Alumni Jellybean Connoisseurs Spider Eater??????

[@himig2173]

time traveler or immortal being? yeah.... something to think about

[@fuufuufox]

a friend

[@spider_flash509]

17:28 he’s a bad boy too! But damn, what a list.

[@matthewhernandez924]

He also references buzzfeed unsolved so alternate universe traveler?????

[@luminaryprism75]

*Spider Rancher

[@klompaca5934]

I'm pretty sure that anyone who studied tourism should know her. Because it is believed that she is responsible for the first journey that could be considered tourist. She traveled around her kingdom and went to Punt too. What a woman! I'm glad I got to hear more about her!

[@ceciliasonnehinrichs2186]

"myyy wiiiife" hits a little different now... 😂 04:57

[@moonbook12]

Omg agree

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

Wait why?

[@marshayame]

"You know how easy it is to kill a baby" - The Professor

[@supr33]

Not for Voldemort 😁

[@SnakeEnthusiast]

@@supr33 honestly, if Voldemort used some Muggle sense and didn’t rely on magic, he would’ve just thrown the thing out the window. Not that hard, Voldy.

[@SleepIntoTheDiamondLife]

@@SnakeEnthusiast 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@satarupagingerkolay]

Now I am more suspicious and intrigued to know whether The Professor killed his family or not.

[@mewow3556]

@Jaeden9375 or brought a gun….he could have killed the potters way faster

[@marianwojcik6088]

The little Unsolved fakeout at the end was hilarious

[@lizourricariet1226]

RIght? i heard the music and wondered where it was going.

[@shouisthename]

I wondered that no one is going to talk about that but then I found your comment

[@user-gg1qi5fq3b]

Time stamp?

[@dr.pepperqueen]

@@user-gg1qi5fq3b 28:04

[@strangeavocado9279]

I think the most interesting thing to me is that she was just generally a good ruler. You rarely hear about that in history

[@sorose4460]

Two and a half years later, and I still come back to this episode to watch it every once in a while. Hatshepsut is a great topic, definitely, but that song. Oh my god that song. I still think it's the best Puppet History song of all time, and there are a lot of good ones.

[@fairlyregretful]

i adore hatshepsut. she was one of the women in the book “No Girls Allowed”, that i had as a kid, and GOD she was SO COOL

[@BlazingCorpse420]

I had a book like that too! I gave it to my niece when she was born. She still can read yet, but she loves the pictures lmfaoo.

[@fayeb7667]

Is the book by Susan Hughes?

[@Lily-bj2pe]

Yes! My library had it and I always found it so interesting.

[@kf10147]

I had one called ten queens later on that was more geared at 10+ and would super recommend it!

[@laurenragle5228]

I was really into Egyptology growing up, so I knew her and when I saw the video title, I was like "YASSSSS!" She was one of the most competent and badass Pharaohs ever.

[@katherinejones6447]

THE RYAN VOICE HE DOES WHILE THE BUZZFEED UNSOLVED MUSIC PLAYS HAS ME DEADSLJAHFALK

[@shypiece]

THAT WAS SO GOOD HAHAHA

[@ericaheap]

FOR REAL THAT WAS SO GOOD SJEKDNMCKE

[@fatchicken3535]

Godzilla had a fucking stroke trying to read this

[@Theknees19]

I hoped he would say UNSOLVED 😭😭😭 but just that, was also genius HAHAHHAH

[@lee_ch_es]

I was gonna like this comment but I noticed it already had 666 likes so I didn’t wanna mess with that perfection

[@faitht8952]

I once threw down with a college history professor about Hatshepsut’s gender identity. Long story short he insisted she wanted to be a man but had no evidence beyond the art and completely ignored written references to her work. Major asshole. It was an interesting day.

[@Mare416]

I’m sure The Professor would be very proud of you. (Professor McNasty, that is. Not the very wrong professor you had to deal with.)

[@MaidenOfHusbands]

They want her to be a man sooo bad. (This makes it seem like transphobes will only accept it to keep men in power)

[@Wakaboo14]

I know it's a couple of years late, but that song at the end was just so beautiful and inspirational. I LOVE this series and can't wait for the new season!!!!

[@Thenuttiestmeg]

THE PROFESSOR BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT YES THEY WERE ADVANCED ENOUGH TO BUILD THESE THING AND DIDNT HAVE TO RELY ON ALIENS IS KING STATUS BABY!!!

[@daftlikejack]

Fr. It's so demeaning for 'ancient alien' believers to insinuate that humanity must've been painfully stupid back then..

[@pepethefrog6809]

@@daftlikejack Can you just imagine being so dense that you invalidate all the work and advancements of an entire civilization just to fuel a fantasy? LOL

[@daftlikejack]

@@pepethefrog6809 no I can't imagine it! It wrinkles my brain when I try to

[@kodakasaur9518]

@@daftlikejack TIL that imagining that makes you smarter.

[@europa1024]

Yeah it’s so weird sense aliens helping build things is most about non-white cultures. But it’s likely most ancient poc were way smarter then we give them credit for. Also some of the theory’s of what Alain helped build are stupid cause the building isn’t that complex. Rant about pyramids Like I saw something how multiple ancient cultures on different sides of the world that probably never connected (like in South America and Africa) had pyramids so aliens must have helped them all. But like pyramid’s aren’t that complicated of a structure and pretty simple way to stack stuff. Although the inside of the pyramids are pretty complex an cool but still they don’t need aliens. Although the all seem to be related to burial/religion but pyramids kind of point toward the sky/heavens so I don’t think it’s weird it actually makes sense. End of pyramid rant But yeah while idea of ancient aliens is funny and has created some good memes . Its racist to assume alien had to be involved in the building of structures because those people couldn’t be that smart enough to do it themselves. I also wonder how if we listened and appreciate the culture and knowledge of poc more through all history how different would be be a society.

[@malign3158]

Imagine being brought back to the afterlife by a freaking puppet

[@spicywatermelon8617]

“Where am I- Holy shit, I’m in the afterlife? How?” “Well, a puppet made a video about you, people watched it, and now you’re here. Congrats.”

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

@@spicywatermelon8617 “what is a puppet? And a video?”

[@eleanorbernhardt7419]

The "my wife"/"ROTTEN JELLY BEAN FOR YOU" bit aged beautifully lmfao

[@farfromheaven29]

glad I'm not the only one that caught it lol

[@unai1907]

Yoww why no one in top comments appreciate Ryann? Like what?? He so sweethearted, he melted my heart 🥺🥺 i love him! I want to see him in next season!! 😭😭😭

[@stephanieden4]

I agree. I loved his reactions to everything. He seems so sweet!

[@beerobinson7731]

When the Buzzfeed unsolved music starts playing in the background. Me: *screams in unsolved*

[@erinab4295]

What's the timestamp?

[@haleygraeff2728]

Erina B 28:00

[@j0llibee123]

OMG SAME 😭😭😭

[@grahamcochran5400]

That was so funny

[@daniel-ft2gt]

Bro did Ryan’s unsolved voice too lmao

[@nickkurtz512]

What we know about the Professor: • He’s Single. • He’s surname may have Mc or Nasty. • He is scared of Cats. • He eats Jelly Beans and Spiders. • He loves musical numbers. • He only has one pair of clothes. • He dislikes Borat. • He gets pissed off when he’s students mess around or back sass him during he’s lectures.

[@mirandathepandakitty1630]

•he chased bumble bees as a child

[@Lovelyclarii]

•he rewards creativity

[@yes.imthatarabella.4932]

You got to do this every episode (or should I say... every class?)

[@nickkurtz512]

Arabella Francisco Hell, why not.

[@moss4480]

• he met hatshepshut

[@heavenl710]

That’s horrible completely erasing her. Sounds like a sad way to go

[@KristaDLee]

The origin of Beef Boy. Legendary.

[@OneNightStark]

The Professor: We're talking about the pharaoh Hatshepsut. Please name as many pharaohs as you can. The Ryans: *Don't name Hatshepsut*

[@dayyylily]

I'm crying i was absolutely OBSESSED with Hatshepsut when I was little, I read a book about her and I fell in love with ancient Egyptian mythology, culture, and specifically Hatshepsut to the point where I wanted to become an egyptologist for my career throughout the entirety of elementary school. Here I am, 10 years later, and that same wonder and joy I felt as a child is back! Thank you, Shane, for reminding me of one of my childhood dreams.

[@kreissthekeeper]

WAIT SAME I did a report on her in 6th grade and then delved into Egyptian history for all of middle school and I too rlly wanted to be an entomologist,, it's weird how similar our stories are lmao

[@dollfaceqq_8129]

I read about the love story of Ramses II and Nefertari and practically fell in love as well, this was also when I started to love history. My friends really don’t understand why I love history, lol.

[@madisenkornele3227]

Damn, shes gonna be powerful as Hell in the after life lmaooo

[@deznutes6689]

Out here changing lives😎😎

[@d_sitiwadhihahathirahbinti2072]

Same! As a little girl, I love reading books about Eygpt or any ancient places.

[@justonedayy_]

As an Egyptian I wanna say two things , first the Egyptian music played in the backround of the episode was absolutely beautiful and second I can assure you I was confused when the professor said she's not known at all cause here everyone and I mean everyone knows who Hatshepsut is maybe only globally she isn't as known as other pharos

[@KennedySaintKing]

We all give her a tiny thought by remembering and getting stuck in our heads the song that Shane wrote about her