How Ancient Egypt Was Re-Discovered | The Story Of Egyptology | Odyssey

Perhaps just as incredible as the ancient sites themselves is the story of the men and women who dedicated themselves to unveiling the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Join Dr Chris Naunton as he explores the story of how Ancient Egypt was rediscovered, and how its incredible sites and treasures were gradually decoded.
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[@achilleasmavrellis740]

Utterly brilliant, combining so many facets of the metahistory of the discipline with a genuine appreciation of the personalities involved.

[@willowby23]

Fantastic documentary Dr Chris, extremely informative and very well presented, thank you!! ❤

[@firehorse2008]

Really exceptional documentary; very detailed and well put together.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@MysticChronicles712]

I'm continually fascinated by the depth of knowledge and the attention to detail in these Ancient Egypt videos. They truly bring the mysteries of the Nile to life!

[@9ramthebuffs9]

is this part of a series? This was especially well done.

[@tiffanybarbee9316]

It's crazy, but if a country today just went and took a bunch of stuff from another country like they did back then....I think it wouldn't happen on such a large scale before it would be stopped...I hope...

[@twstf8905]

Word! 👍

[@squidgert566]

“Hardly anyone has been in Egypt” Well, that is except anyone who lived there, people trading, etc. Ok, I’m pedantic.

[@tinaprentice2136]

Very well done documentary ❤

[@nadineodil7060]

this is wonderful

[@Whurlpuul]

Brilliant video

[@catherinemontrose2102]

Well done documentary, but not once was an Egyptian person mentioned - not even the foreman of Carter's work crew, who supposedly is the one who found the stone step of Tutankhamen's tomb. For a modern piece of historical writing, that was a strange omission to me. Belzoni didn't "move the colossus" by his own strongman self! And many modern Egyptologists are Egyptians.

[@LeeLong]

Right on!

[@wpridgen4853]

I would love to thumb through that book ..

[@tiffanybarbee9316]

That Big one? I wonder if it's available digitally...me too

[@MrSomethingElse]

Don't get me wrong, this is fascinating. i know it's probably an unpopular opinion but I believe all the mummies should be repatriated. I know we have at least one here in the Dunedin Museum. As a Māori, it has been a generations long struggle to get treasures that were looted back, especially the "Tattooed Heads" and other pieces made from human anatomy but also carvings, stone tools and even entire houses. It was quite the fad for english wealth to have a carved Māori House on their estates, for parties and wotnot. I feel the same sense of outrage about the plundering of Egypt. Please don't maul me for this opinion but I'd like to hear yours....

[@vi7225]

Egyptians looted those treasures more than anyone. Read about tomb robbers. If it was not for westerners, all them will be gone. They couldn't steal the pyramid because it was too big. What you talking about 🤣

[@user-nc2bf9vx5y]

And I feel the same way. Folks need to have their stuff back because it is their and your culture.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

I agree The Egyptians went to great lengths to preserve the bodies to enable them to enter the afterlife only to have their bodies on full display in glass cases for people to gawp at. There should be some way of respectful re burial Technology has advanced so much that it should be easy to replicate bodies for display

[@nha9199]

Regardless of who took them who looted them I totally agree with you, they should be repatriated ❤

[@MrSomethingElse]

@@vi7225 Urgh, i knew this would attract trolls. Yep, a lot of them were looted within a generation of them being sealed. I am just saying that those dead people deserve respect, thats all mate. Trump 2024 right? @vi, it's ok for me to be wrong cuz, you don't have to "What you talking about" me cuz, it was just an opinion. What did I say to make you mad?

[@Zoey505]

The dead should never be disturbed.. remember the curse of King tut?...gosh its scary

[@user-qs7gx7rp7m]

Can't helping not all Pyramids were tombs if their uniqueness can be believed though some were 'incorporated' by others in a different age.

[@tiffanybarbee9316]

Sands...had a good name for what he did!

[@twstf8905]

Ugh! The British Museum is a blight on modern civilized society! It should have been emptied out, everything boxed up, organized and shipped promptly back to its original owners just as systematically as when it was stolen. (If not more so.) I always go right to the obligatory example of Stonehenge, well aware of how cliché, because it's as true as anything. The U.K. wouldn't tolerate for a second some foreign people coming in, condoning off, and then hauling away the ancient megalithic structure back to their country, whether they invoked; "conservation," or tried using posterity as a justification or not. The fact is; the historical artifacts kept locked up inside the British Museum, (let alone all of the other Museums and Universities around the Western World, particularly in the United States, Canada, France, Australia, etc.,) no more belong uprooted from their points of origin than Stonehenge, if it were to be dug up and carted away somewhere else. And that should be obvious, especially to such a supposed; "educated," civilization. Since the proliferation of the internet, especially, and the ability for just about every human being to have access to any information available therein, with modern computer and cell phone technology, there hasn't been any justification whatsoever for those significant cultural artifacts to NOT be sent back to their rightful owners. Beginning with the British Museum. Then, Berlin the Louvre and all the way down to the most relatively obscure, like Eugene Oregon, Carson City Nevada, and of course Philadelphia, New York and Washington DC. (And every one in between. Correcting the mistakes of the past, colonialism in particular, (and there are some atrocities that can never be fully made up for,) was never going to be easy, but that one effort would be a start. If healing the world's deep divides is ever to stand a chance. (I'm just sayin' ✌️) #ConstructiveCriticism #DontShootTheMessenger

[@bryan5549]

"Two Ton Common" get it right! lol

[@user-qs7gx7rp7m]

Egyptians had to have been Saharians heirs? What lies to the west the direction Egypt dedicated to death and a symbolic setting sun. What lies still undiscovered buried deep in ancient valleys beneath the sand and sand dunes ?

[@brettmuir5679]

4:15 What? Are we seriously going to conflate King Tutankhamun with the Pyramids? One minute in and I want to say Good Bye,...yet I am hungry so I will continue to watch... I hope there are no more confabulations dressed up as history for the lay viewer Edit: I apologize just after five minutes. Disculpe, Disculpe, Maximus Disculpe

[@peggylanton6384]

Weren’t the Egyptians horrified about this looting? Did they try to stop it?

[@squidgert566]

Almost everything that could be looted was looted already. Selling mummies to make paint pigment (mummy brown). Locals weren’t maintaining anything and well, they were occupied too.

[@erikwestrheim804]

Up to its neck to driftsans then

[@bassinc3039]

Evolution is a thing.

[@davefenney5704]

How do you become an egyptologist? Like where do you send your CV, who pays your wages?

[@poisonivy8862]

I'm sure the Egyptians knew ancient Egypt was there all along....no "rediscovery" needed for them...

[@McVet3]

They're our best mates, but the Brits would of took back the pyramids if could 😂

[@MrBakedDaily]

Rediscover is where it's wrong 😂

[@jasonruetz2306]

It's sad to see all the looted treasure still sitting in British museums as a national point of pride. It belongs to Egypt you greedy bastards, give it back already.

[@LeeLong]

Agreed!!

[@wetterwaldf]

What a big troll. With a very big ego

[@sinuheguzman9404]

The title should be more fitting like : history of looting and colonization in Egypt... The only good thing this petty thieves did was at least document what they stole. One day all those museums will be almost empty, I'm hoping to be alive to see it.

[@deepscuba7384]

British pronunciation CAN'T be that bad! He's got to be making it up.

[@kyleanuar9090]

TV presenter or actors go through voice training to neutralise the accent so it will be understandable by all instead of regional.

[@REIDAE]

If you think this is bad, you should listen to how brits pronounce japanese names.

[@kristycornish6088]

Why the pronunciation? How come we can’t just keep traditional pronunciation- it sounds so pretentious and weird

[@JonnyDee-uh1eo]

Ancient Egyptians were White.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

The phrase _"scientific archaeology"_ is a joke. Science/Archaeology is no different than Magic/Logic.

[@barbaraleonard8379]

So you think science is like magic ? Can you really be that stupid?

[@MitchLJay]

As opposed to pillaging?

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@barbaraleonard8379 Science is to archaeology, what magic is to logic. There is no question about your level of intelligence.

[@andrewbowen2837]

What an ignorant take

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@andrewbowen2837 Which phase of an archaeological excavation would you say applies the scientific method? Qualify your ignorant statement.

[@spankflaps1365]

Easy just go to Libya and turn right.