Egypt: The Habit of Civilization

[@flamencoprof]

Still got the series on VHS. And a player. I will always appreciate Mr. Wood's presentation and narration. Excellent stuff!

[@srik88]

Michael Woods is an amazing human being and professor, grateful for all of his work and lectures 🙏

[@jessepowell1891]

I actually met the man. I hadn't a clue as to who he was as a client of my stepdads book store here in San Francisco. Desert storm was raging and he denounced me for being pro war, chastising me for supporting a clash between civilisations that served no good. I still hadn't a clue about him until Legacy aired several months later on PBS. If confronted by him today, I reckon I owe him, and the people of Iraq, an apology.

[@carolynclark7398]

I remember watching these Michael Wood's documentaries on TV years ago. I loved them then and I love them still.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

I remember watching these, it seems so long ago. They still are among the very best historical documentaries ever. Michael Wood's voice is hypnotic. His research is impeccable.

[@davenix604]

Michael Wood is one of the best.

[@vincentrock1994]

Really...I think he is a hollywood actor

[@cruisepaige]

He has the best voice.

[@pagancidergod8840]

No, he's a British historian.

[@freakjob0]

My favorite.

[@angelobugini6771]

Egypt - The Habith of Civilization is a remarkable documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!

[@aamersuhail123]

Very soft spoken , very clear voice .

[@Shinobi33]

One of the few presenters I don't mind seeing repeatedly on screen because his narration is good.

[@jessepowell1891]

This series gave me a yearning to all things ancient egyptian. Mom saw it too and lent me. Her collection of books on ancient Egypt. Kmet it was called then. Al misr now.

[@bethbartlett5692]

The Music and Dance is awesome! There so much of Egypt's history that resonates with so many, one must wonder - "Wherre we there once upon a past time?"

[@elizabethpengson8244]

excellent series.. wish it was remastered

[@dempa3]

Thanks for the upload! Very appreciated!

[@SAAlagarsamySornam]

Marvellous production , mesmerising movements ..i was simply stunned to feel as if iam inside Luxor Palaces and Pyramids...My salutes

[@k2fattah]

Great documentary

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I’m a huge fan of Michael Wood’s documentaries and thought I had seen them all...I was therefore astonished to discover this gem on Ancient Egypt of which, until now, I was completely unaware - and I, an Egyptologist! Thanks very much for uploading this wonderful series!

[@stardresser1]

Just love him. So excellent.

[@melwinjohnthomas4177]

awesome work

[@elgntl]

Love u Egypt

[@RomanticPopPunk]

Thank you. This is the best thing I learned today =)

[@yousefsiddik2482]

Egypt has really an amazing civilization . all respect to egypt and egyptians .EGYPT IS WAS GREAT AND WILL STILL FOR EVER.

[@ragemodels]

Love Egypt 🙏🌿🙏

[@BlakeBarbieDoll]

great video

[@audreygrenier-williams4924]

I liked this doc, very interesting. Thanks for the upload. Might want to remove some of the comments on this thread Tsk Tsk .. be nice everyone:)

[@FunkyFreshCaesar]

Why does it matter, any of this? The Egyptians were a great civilisation regardless of their skin colour, or origins. Can't we focus on that, and the achievements of the people rather than bickering like children over such a stupid, tiny little detail. People are PEOPLE first- why don't we celebrate our similarities insted of trying to point out our differences?

[@ds9forever805]

Why is this not on DVD?

[@allisonromano235]

Mr. Crosby's Ancient History class anyone?

[@calebdurbois1002]

Eyyyy

[@lydiax_x7912]

here!! Section #3!

[@abigailzenko955]

yea haha hilo

[@sionehefa3458]

Fascinating!

[@ThiemHahnafi]

Does anyone know where to find the soundtrack ?

[@dashinvaine]

At about 4:27 the flight of birds takes on the shape of a bird.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

For the best documentary on ancient Egypt, check out "Ancient Lives", hosted by John Romer, right here on KZbin!!

[@18daisydoll65]

Will do... Whatever happened to John Romer? He's a fabulous teacher..... Thank you🌍

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

**MARK YOUR CALENDAR** JR will be lecturing on ancient Egypt 12/10/2016 at the Bloomsbury School, London (UK), from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm [4 lectures total]. Access "Bloomsbury Summer School Study Days" for details. The lectures will tie-in to volume 2 of his "History of Archeology". Tickets about $50... ****************************************************************** He turns 75 next week, so is likely moving a bit more slowly these days. He still lobbies with Cairo's Dept. of Antiquities for **responsible** archaeological digs in the Valley of the Kings. As of 2014 he was still investigating Luxor's West Bank for likely "Lost Pharaoh" tomb sites...

[@Frankowillo]

Also watch "Romer's Egypt".

[@cruisepaige]

ROMER is godlike to me!

[@jessepowell1891]

I had the series on VHS and watched them again and again, until the tape player ate the tapes.

[@RomanticPopPunk]

Hey man, I want to know more about Egypt. Is Nile river the only place that farming is possible? Why did the all monuments were built in the inhabitable dessert instead of green areas?

[@10405]

Back then, there used to be lots of streams branching out from the Nile and into the land and dessert, their sized depended on how the river swelled or subsided according to different times of the year. Which is why back then, the pyramids were made nearby a little river branching from the Nile but now there arent any little rivers reaching out that far anymore but theres still trees and plants that grew nearby and even today if you went to Cairo they're not really that far from vegetation.

[@Stibsart]

Look, boys and girls! That's what an ITV documentary used to look like. Progress = Joanna Lumley on cats.

[@fuhrerhossam]

Egypt is the cradle of civilizations and the source of life

[@ruhtra619]

Can you recommend some good films about ancient egyptian religion?

[@vpj505]

Greetings from India

[@MeatyController]

46:05 💜

[@NightmareTroubador]

Because the fertile areas were precious for farming so it was all saved for that purpose. The desert was where all the houses, temples, and monuments were built. 10405's reply to is also true. So it could be a combination of both.

[@unity20000]

ancient egypt was neither arab, nor muslim.

[@fuferito]

Ancient Rome was neither Italian, nor Catholic. Oh yeah. Ancient dinosaurs were neither birds, nor mammals.

[@jamesgasaway7784]

I think you may have missed the larger story arc.

[@showbread9366]

@@fuferito dinosaurs aren’t ancient rather they are prehistoric

[@jessepowell1891]

Pay attention to this. Professor Wood speaks truth to thr emergence of state power and media. Patterns seen in Egypt that still ring true today.

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Ancient Egypt wasn't "Egypt." It was Kemet. The Black land.

[@iraqthecradleofcivilizatio2545]

egypt i§ great

[@PolarJoMcKay]

lovely Egypt...loved this presentation; good review of the 'possible', perhaps most likely history of the progression of the monotheistic religions (though still sounds like a lot of different gods to me). Recommended.

[@theforestero]

those pyramids look so comfortable...if no one was around for miles....i'd see if any ghosts or gods were around...if i could...if allowed..

[@theforestero]

all places can be beautiful, if you live in them, but some one and peoples always go through the pains the happy and wealthy do not...

[@Fdeshaun1]

are u a nubian egytian or the arab modren day egyptian who immigrated after the great rule

[@MooPotPie]

You may wish to consult a map . . .

[@theforestero]

it is hard to see anything clearly for long, all leaves and returns and fades...time changes perceptions....

[@art1muz13]

Hey Christopher Dunn has been at this a long time.

[@Kerwin-Kendell]

Why is it we are told the Giza complex was built as a tomb? Is there any facts to prove this?

[@jackkovar7806]

If you're watching for school, speed the video up.

[@kwilly54]

KEEP SAYING IT LOUD BROTHER !!!!

[@theforestero]

just because i like this video and others do..does not mean we hate all christians or muslims...christmas may be annoying for its materialism, but most holidays are...but december the month is good..or bad, depending on what experiences you have..

[@HarosOfStyx]

Why has everybody uploaded this in such shtty quality?!

[@davids4313]

Because we're waiting for you to do better.

[@BrannonParker]

Another great Michael Wood doc overall. Coptic Christianity deserved more recognition tho

[@NightmareTroubador]

Indeed fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! fan. :)

[@medshigh]

Egypt created so many tings we do today

[@jenniferrodolfo7555]

2019?

[@mirroredguitarist]

This is where Yami and Marik are from!!

[@sergioramirez7253]

yup

[@christopher19894]

Is ancient Egypt really the first great nation on earth?

[@zekewheel]

No matter what religion it is Love that will always prevail as every culture, tongue, heart has been touched by it, it is the Eternal reason for it all!

[@1Kamalu]

they made cement too

[@IHeartZui]

Continents are a "new world" concept. Egypt sits at the point where Eurasia and Africa meet. You can walk from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast and black down to the Southern most point of Africa and never need to get your feet wet.

[@mariannhoffmann4321]

you can get better information in "Omar series engl subt." from MBC in You Tube

[@kattasium6445]

this video's veiws have been single handedly been uped by tps veiwers

[@AnissaShiShani]

I was actually talking about the ones who were insulting Arabs and Muslims on this vid

[@1394mvlrules]

the mystery of egypt is pretty easy to solve...there is no mystery we fully understand egypt. we just dont understand how to live on forever.

[@Cerl84]

29:03 white Egyptians, finally. see the difference? now go look at Tut and Ahkhenaten again.

[@streetscholar2276]

These ppl are not ancient khemetians...smh

[@NightmareTroubador]

You should be proud. I hope to see the Pyramids some day.

[@frosty6960]

According to the old egyptian wise man who talked to Solon ... they were not the first. They were wiped out and rediscovered by its current civilization.

[@kwilly54]

Keep in mind my friend that Kemet's ( egypt ) people came up from southern and central Africa and there are no civilzations older than ancient African societies bar none .

[@Chris.Davies]

Gobekli Tepe in Turkey begs to differ.

[@AdamantForce]

So that means that Africa is the Father and Egypt and Iraq are his sons..

[@theforestero]

and the x-men charactor, apocalypse...! :D

[@theforestero]

long necks, big eyes and big brains....

[@canuckbucks]

This original, intellectually rigorous consideration of so-called ancient Egypt seems to be inspiring some of the most confused and misdirected flame wars anywhere. it's like two people in a theatre screaming at the top of their lungs at each other to be quiet so they can watch the film. Let it go guys.... You're all smarter than what your finished product here makes you out to be. A record as permanent as the pyramids themselves I might add.

[@BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA]

Muslim burial site under name Kevala that narrator so securely mentioned as a holy burial site DOES NOT EXIST and it simply means alone in Sanskrit

[@mirroredguitarist]

Haha greetings! :D

[@michaelboylan5308]

A minor quibble, at 39,38 MW reads the dates of St Paul of Egypt born 228 died 343, Surely that cant be right, Even a holy man cant live for 115 years,,,or can he

[@carolynclark7398]

St. Paul of Thebes was one of the Desert Fathers who lived more than 100 years.

[@leonidusroberts]

Egypt is connected to my culture the Greeks

[@cruisepaige]

Blanco300 Of you mean Alexander and the Ptolemys, they were Macedonian.

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Kemet is the author of Greece

[@DRm2mon]

the glory of the east did not stop 5000 years ago. read about the golden age of the arabs in the middle ages.

[@AnissaShiShani]

Thank you :) All Caucasian people and Middle-Easterners are brothers and sisters. there are a lot of Caucasians (esp. Circassians and Chechens) living in the Middle-East and the other way around too.

[@DABEEZ737]

One Thing... They are NOT EGYPTIAN.. the are the children's, children's, children's, children... of the migrating, Turkish, Asiatic tribes that came after Alexander Its not their ancestors who built the pyramids. You just need to go 500 miles up the Nile to find out who populated Kemet back in the day.

[@sajokal20]

this man is crazy , he did not read the History of Egypt , the arabs invaded egypt in 639, in the times of muslim califat . they are not the pharaohs who were blacks proved by the ancient greeks historians who visited egypt as herodotus, strabo,diodorus , aristotle etcc. even the arab historians agree with that .

[@player3172]

IDK whats wrong with poeple. Lebanese , Jordanians in my town are some of the coolist poeple and own some of the best esablishments. Some poeple are haters.

[@elgntl]

I c some sick mind ppl talk about Egypt we are 90 million called egyptian I'm Muslim and my best and close friend are Cristian also for the one who talk about Arab n Pharos go read the history well n then write with respect

[@theforestero]

but what about old egypt and ascending to heaven? only kings maybe? it was bad for you and some of your family recently...

[@theforestero]

and anubis! and nefertiti~!

[@explorehunter]

@marionetemanJ Bro, existence of God and birth of Jesus is not a point of contradiction. You dont need to prove that. What you need to prove is whether Jesus claimed he is the god in the bible.

[@CIBOYPRODUCT]

NUMERIC THIS IS THE LAST OF YOUR KIND 12-12-12 THERE IS NO IMPOSSIBLE

[@Chartranos]

1991 guys

[@kwilly54]

You seriously need a new direction . Please check out Gerald Massey and Count De Volney and learn a new and right perspective .

[@GTechno13]

43:33

[@DarkMoonDroid]

They pyramids were not tombs. [facepalm]

[@cruisepaige]

Jennifer Grove Um yes they were. The graves were ransacked, which is why they started building the tombs in the valley of the kings, and why later they hid the mummies together in one hidden grave, so they could at least preserve the mummies.

[@yousefsiddik2482]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elirien4264]

Christianity has a habit of eroding a lot of things.

[@Ajakz100]

Neihter was the " So called Arabian " Countries :)

[@raminoser2489]

Egypt isn't Africa

[@ragemodels]

Clearly an old documentary shot on analog film but more than that ; the dates ( ancient Egypt is far older than 5k years,the sphinx and the great pyramid ( geological dating at the base of both structures dates to 12k years). Also the great pyramid of Giza is not and never was a tomb !!! Long live the Immortals!!!

[@rockycocky3932]

this guy has no idea about the Pyrmids. Like he thinks humans dragged 100 ton stones 400 feet in the air and could polish and cut granite like a CNC machine. All before boots where made. That bare foot people half naked build not one but 3 HUGE pyrmids with 10000 people. What ever dude. I got a bridge to sell you.

[@paulnielsen3256]

Sadly lacking.

[@bethbartlett5692]

There's so much confusion - so many variables - and so many current MS Archaeologists that have fostered Myth - The Ancients left their truths - misunderstood they are accused to be myth - but the greater myths are the theories repeated as if they were facts. Eventually the Truths will Emerge.

[@fuferito]

Graham Hancock fan spotted.

[@crasslee]

Utter twaddle 🤣