How Did Ancient Egyptians Prepare For Death? | Life And Death In The Valley Of The Kings | Odyssey

Joann Fletcher examines the extraordinary preparation ordinary Egyptians would have made for the afterlife. Discover the enormous cost, effort and time that would have gone into securing your passage into the afterlife in Ancient Egypt.
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[@pagalmasala]

I love her voice…. Like a kind mother reading a bedtime story….

[@Chenihal]

Right? I always watch her when I’m feeling anxious.. it’s really calming

[@wyvrennemacdaniels6813]

seen this countless times. still loving it. joanns wide eyed love of Egyptian history is an infectious treasure

[@alexciarlo280]

It is interesting

[@coreyparson9906]

I hope Kha and Meryt are enjoying the life they envisaged in the afterlife. Thank you, Dr. Fletcher.

[@1981bessa]

as an Egyptian... I can tell that Prof Joann Fletcher has an Egyptian soul

[@parksshelley]

Every time Dr. J pops up on my feed, I watch it even if I have seen 3 or 4 x's already. Dr. Joann Fletcher has turned ancient Egypt into a obsession for me.

[@ancientsitesgirl]

I've seen it three times already... I'd love to watch it for the fourth time. Thanks for the Joann Fletcher series❤

[@alexciarlo280]

😊

[@alexciarlo280]

It’s fantastic

[@mrains100]

Once again Dr. Fletcher does an outstanding job. Thank you Doctor!

[@alexciarlo280]

She does

[@avrilbethwaite2349]

I love this lady, she reminds me souch of a history teacher I had in my first year in high school, they both show such passion, thank you for such an incredible journey into the past of ancient Egypt

[@kktazz4870]

Iv watched this 3 times already and I still enjoy it like the first time I watched it. She's amazing at explaining everything she does with her job. Great episode

[@alexciarlo280]

Me too 😊

[@nellinightshade3358]

i'm binge watching these history presentations. so great to see such passionate people.

[@alexciarlo280]

Yes

[@bellakatherman1477]

Same

[@melissacoulter3996]

I love Joanne videos! I wish there were more! Too bad this is a rerun from another video where there was both episodes in one long video! Seems like most of her videos are like this. There’s one like 4 hour one but then they put out each separately as well!! Just make more videos with her and some with the team. Those are great too but there’s too few!

[@alexciarlo280]

True

[@cherim5717]

The ancient music moved me so much I can't explain. Another beautiful documentary from Ms. Fletcher.

[@AmericanWoman1964]

So glad you put this back up. I could listen to Dr Fletcher for days. Love her insight and delivery.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Dr Joan Fletcher and Dame Mary Beard are two of the very best scholars featured on your channel.

[@ellenmorrell8332]

I watch her series over and over. Joanne is so interesting!

[@alexciarlo280]

Ya

[@patriciahamel5674]

I wonder if the constant connections of Merit to motherhood might be a suggestion that she was some kind of midwife or somehow assisted local women in the birthing process. Regardless, it touches me to see how absolutely devoted to her that he was, and how much he loved her and honored her when she passed.

[@KimberlyBishh]

Because these people are human beings just like us It's not hard to fathom how similar we are and to think the same way I think you're onto something

[@TaliVarda100706]

That's an interesting thought. She was the wife of an intelligent and learned man, so it would stand to reason that she was educated herself and assisted with things like childbirth. It could also be that as the most high status woman in the village, everyone looked up to her and came to her for advice. Therefore seeing her as a motherly figure of wisdom.

[@patriciahamel5674]

@@TaliVarda100706 ooh, good point. That's why I find these deep dives into the real people of history so fascinating. We get a much better, and more interesting, idea of what life would have been like for them.

[@TaliVarda100706]

@@patriciahamel5674 I very much agree. The documentaries about Kah and Meryt are by far my favourites because they were more like us than the kings and queens of egypt. They were at the end of the day working class people. And to get a look into their lives feels very real and its very touching to hear how much effort Kah put into Meryts funeral.

[@alexciarlo280]

@@TaliVarda100706 true

[@candacecraddock1592]

Love these videos! I really learn a lot from them! They really open my eyes to the many different aspects of past life and it's influence on modern life!

[@emmylisatopaciocato7646]

Love is still alive in the afterlife ❤ Carr and Merit is my favourite love story in the discovery of Egyptian tombs!!! His and her story is entirely understated and vital...

[@leannemayor5755]

I love this channel and Joann is captivating . Her voice and accent simply wonderful story teller . Her hair is amazing what a colour xoxox

[@alexciarlo280]

😊

[@mclarenscca]

I love this! Talk about true love and dedication to one's mate! ❤️

[@tettehkwasi225]

yes

[@alexciarlo280]

@@tettehkwasi225 yup😊

[@CZPanthyr]

Two of my favorite ancient Egyptians revisited. What a beautiful way to start my day! Thank you, Dr Fletcher, for this wonderful presentation.

[@alexciarlo280]

It is

[@alexciarlo280]

Its the reason why i love history

[@praveenraj4394]

Dr Joann Fletcher ❤ What a passionate researcher!

[@maizie9454]

loved this. a great view of a more everyday Egyptian

[@morenofranco9235]

I keep finding ANOTHER Prof. Fletcher program that I have not seen! Her presentations are more than insight and education. They are personal and human. I wish she could be my tour guide around Egypt.

[@kimberlylegacy4190]

No one tells the history of Egypt like Joanne!

[@lindastump981]

Love your work amazing the depth of this time period. Thank you

[@magiegainey5036]

Just found your channel and subscribed. I just love Joann Fletcher!

[@narcissismrehabilitation]

Yessss! I love that his people elevated him!

[@normandphaneuf8100]

I am fascinated by all of your knowledge and would have love to be younger and have you as my professor.

[@MrMadmach]

Oh my ,she's good . She takes you into the past . I felt I was sitting their watching them live .

[@NadezdaRistic-yu7ob]

THANK TOU DR.FLETCHER FOR THIS AMAZING FACTS....❤

[@cruisepaige]

Just went to see Kah and Merit’s mummies and belongings, the book of the dead and that map. But it felt bad that these things were not A) in Egypt and B)bank in their tombs. 😢

[@infoskrimp420]

I agree. I feel like they’re all too proud to have them? i don’t understand why egypt doesn’t have them back

[@joseeduardotschen9186]

Because of diplomacy… and they weren’t independent until 1922, so this property didn’t belong technically to Egypt on that time

[@carolsalter9002]

i totally agree, they should've been left in there tombs.

[@chrissimpson1183]

I am glad their mummies survived, a lot of them were taken apart...

[@Josh-ls3wi]

Very good host

[@HadridarMatramen]

I might be putting too much into it, but I... I think it's very sweet, actually, that Meryt was laid to rest in a coffin meant for her husband. Larger than she needed, perhaps, but... In a way, it's as if she was laid to rest in her beloved husband's embrace, isn't it? Her smaller body held by his larger one - Kah keeping his beloved Meryt safe, nestled within himself. I loved this documentary, and Dr. Fletcher!

[@rosemarieagarao3331]

I like the story and the mam voice

[@margaretmathis4775]

Is there a link for part 1?

[@clearcomm]

As someone who just finished watching the TV series Frasier, Joann Fletcher sounds just like Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves)!

[@tombruner9634]

This is fascinating, but the old photographs taken at the time of the tomb opening along with the description later that all of their possessions that they wanted for later reminds me of the modern custom of putting stuff in storage locations for later. The only thing that has changed is what we mean by "later."

[@riccardolabelva1881]

I am looking for the name of small docu series which I last year caught an episode on TV, it was a very well made documentary with sophisticated imagery and they were describing how ancient egyptians were making a blue clay like subastance called "Faiance" Do you have any idea which documentary might that have been?

[@Casanova102986]

beautiful, native born Black Africans from which WE ALL come from ♥️ .

[@bellakatherman1477]

I wish we could see what the actual mummies look like

[@cleverfitz779]

Good afternoon everyone

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[@mademoiselle71]

All I can see is that how much Kha loved Merrit.

[@tinasummers4578]

I love this but I have one question they were black because the drawing on the walls????

[@carolsalter9002]

I wonder how many more tombs are buried under the sand that are waiting to be discovered.

[@suspirodelmoro1430]

I absolutely love Joanne Fletcher. However, the way the story is narrated seems to differentiaten ethically between the two Italians who looted the sites, and I don’t understand the distinction; was what Schiaparelli did OK because he was an archaeologist by trade?

[@oobrocks]

They got “all wrapped up into it” 😅

[@katherinelinkous223]

I love Joann Fletcher! She's so informative. I just can't understand how she could stand wearing black clothes in Egypt. She must be boiling!

[@alexciarlo280]

Ys

[@TiggiTheWillful]

I’ve seen some footage of her as a gorgeous 20 something goth. Complete with stunning Horus eyeliner. Once a goth, always a goth I can guess? I have such a crush on her heh..

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[@KimberlyBishh]

Halfway in would I think could be a possibility, when they say it was a unexpected death.. Egyptians back then were obsessed with death and the afterlife there had to be so many suicides people just wanting to get to the afterlife because life was so hard for them.. wasn't hard for Merit, but you never know It could have been suicide.. And I'll going further I feel they both committed suicide

[@alexciarlo280]

😊😊

[@astrialindah2773]

I think it's absurd to say that this is someone's burial chamber. It looks much more like a looters den than a carefully planned room made for the afterlife..

[@debhurd8898]

The people, regardless of social status, must have lived with constant anxiety about death. They worried they may not find their way. I doubt none of the people didn't believe in their Gods like we do today, thanks to science.

[@nancycunningham4225]

From the day they were born, Egyptians prepared for death.

[@mikechammas1742]

Europeans : "oh thank god! An unrobbed tomb, robbed tombs are so disrespectful of the dead Europeans : *proceed to rob the tomb*

[@mickjones1941]

***** 5stars

[@communingwithGod]

They didnt know there is no afterlife only heaven or hell. Im sure they did know but chose to ignore.

[@JennySimon206]

think that 'tombs' were also bunkers & vaults where u kept ur valuables when SHTF if u died in it, ur tomb too. You would bring ur priceless ancient artifacts like we prize today and your mummified relatives wrapped with priceless artifacts who u Dont Want to stink. What if the 'afterlife' they wanted to bring their valuables to wasnt actually death but life after the catastrophies? Maybe people copied it later but I think that's what happened. Religion started by people praying to the sky to stop the space weather in their artificial caves/bunker/vault.

[@carolsalter9002]

the mummies should have been left in there tombs.

[@carolsalter9002]

there belongings should have stayed in there tombs. the mummies should have stayed in there tomb.

[@shnuppyable]

The absolute Greed

[@soniahazy4880]

🙏🪷🎼🧩🦋🤩💎🌈🛸🌟

[@stephcollins728]

I think this is SO INTERESTING... but really weird too. I don't think I would want to live my entire life prepping for my death! I don't care how magical and strange and ancient it sounds and looks, its almost like they were wanting to die in some videogame type of world... and then they ALL KNOW that even if they LIVED to DIE and spent all their life savings on the book to teach you how to get out of the underworld or whatever it is and into the sea of reeds (I think thats the correct name) to be alive again with their loved ones (maybe? what if they didn't say the right things to that prick of a God that wanted your heart to weight less than a feather? Sorry bro, your wife didn't make it she got killed mauled and eaten by a monster, oh well! lol) and be immortal forever... I don't know it seems like there was just a huge industry for this stuff and it was just a cash grab, those damn mummifiers hey? Bunch of hacks. This should only be for the Rulers of Egypt, I don't think the public should of been basically made to spend their life thinking and planning for their death... BLAHH

[@shnuppyable]

Its a huge lie this Afterlife why is she still in the coffin with her jewellery then hello

[@Orishamovement]

Not her story to tell.

[@fraternitas5117]

"How To Prepare An Ancient Egyptian Tomb?" With ridiculous hair dye!

[@alexciarlo280]

Be nice

[@motojunkie8348]

Humans have been consumers since the beginning of time. Nothing says I love my useless shit quite like burying it all with you.

[@shainemaine1268]

That thing that never takes off the black tarp is just dreadful...

[@j.l.emerson592]

Dr. Fletcher... Why did you make such a big deal out of the wrong name & wrong gender inscribed on the mummy case of Bakht en Hor, yet you make absolutely no comment about exactly the same thing on the mummy case that Meryt was buried in? It's the same. Her husband's name (Kha) is on her mummy case. Yes, I know that she died unexpectedly & the husband's mummy case was used because it was completed & readily available... Wouldn't that still make it impossible fir her to achieve immortality, just as with Bakht en Hor? Just sayin'...

[@alexciarlo280]

It happens

[@DrMohammedAlmannai]

Science has proven that the cause of the Pharaoh King's death was drowning. This information was mentioned in the Quran over 1400 years ago, indicating that the Quran is the word of Allah the unique God who knows everything. I advise you to read this book and get to know the words of the Lord who created you from a drop of semen and gave you the mind to read these lines. I wish you success.

[@divinelove4604]

Only our Lord and Savior Christ can secure you. Let our Lord and Savior save us out of the plans of the wicked and their evil schemes. Thus is not about religion but reality and he is True.

[@deeznutzz8375]

She is greasy but her hair looks like the Band The Cure but only in red. Let’s get a Go fund me makeover acct for her.