The First Female Pharaoh | Sobekneferu | Ancient Egypt Documentary

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[@nathanfleischman9856]

Number 1 - Didn't Hammurabi live after Sobekneferu? Number 2 - Now that this has been posted, I was wondering what you plan to do next?

[@HistoryExplained]

@@nathanfleischman9856 Thank you for pointing that out. I haven’t decided who I’ll cover next actually

[@nathanfleischman9856]

@@HistoryExplained I have some ideas. Solon, Cyrus the Great, the Buddha, and Confucius.

[@starcapture3040]

@@HistoryExplained do Sunosret the third

[@fantezixolisile4584]

queen Nzinga, Mantatese, Hatshepsut and Balobe Rain queen prove that Matriachy was never strangled in the African society.

[@Onomatopoeia4u]

So glad Flashpoint shouted you out. Yet another underated quality channel to add to my library. Glad to have found ya!

[@HistoryExplained]

Happy to have you!

[@Onomatopoeia4u]

@@HistoryExplained happy to have you making me more informed 👍

[@akernis3193]

Excellent video. I didn't even know about her. Great work ^^

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks very much. Glad you liked it

[@harrietlyall1991]

Great that you’re retelling the story and reviving the memory of this regal and devout lady.

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@xtrmetvboxllc5520]

Thank you history channel and KZbin for the wonderful wonderful calibration

[@HistoryExplained]

Glad to know you enjoy it :)

[@stevecausey545]

Always great to see a New video! I also never heard of her...very interesting. Thanks again for all your hard work.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks very much Steve! I appreciate you always engaging with my channel

[@stevecausey545]

@@HistoryExplained truly, your channel is one of my most favorite. I'm always excited to see a New episode. And the artwork is enchanting,as always.

[@Danilo-Daniel]

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[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you Rob!

[@sarosp9330]

This channel is so underrated! Have you considered uploading to other sites in addition to youtube?

[@HistoryExplained]

I’ve thought about it. What other sites would you suggest?

[@Tamara-zo3np]

@@HistoryExplained maybe TikTok? Some short videos explaining different historical events or people

[@kintam3472]

History explained, I appreciate your videos

[@HistoryExplained]

Happy to hear that. Thank you Kin

[@Danilo-Daniel]

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[@LDLegendaryVideos]

Amazing bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Keep up the great work 🙏🏽💯🙌🏽❤️

[@HistoryExplained]

I really appreciate it Thank you!

[@elmajraz6019]

There you go... Glad for you to be back...

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you!

[@JaelaOrdo]

First female Pharaoh and first Pharaoh to have a name associated with Sobek. With her name meaning Beauty of Sobek you picked a great picture 👍🏽

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you Jaela. So far, it’s my favorite portrait drawn by my artist

[@hannujonur1095]

Still now name is subk has in west Ethiopia that mean good the name is for women

[@Miss_Camel]

Is the pronunciation in the video correct? Like, historically accurate? I am terrible with ancient Egyptian pronunciations so I am just curious.

[@chrisdooley1184]

@@Miss_Camel I believe that’s how it would be pronounced. Perhaps a little harder on the K of Sobek but that’s just my linguistic opinion 😆

[@Miss_Camel]

Thank you!! I feel like it’s almost impossible to find these things out bc every website has a different opinion! Took me AGES to work out Ancient Greek pronunciations, and most of those are speculative by SCHOLARS. lol

[@fidelio9301]

Make more videos please I love the graphics

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks you. I will increase the upload frequency going forward

[@makeupboss3568]

Middle Kingdom… fascinating time in Egyptian history. Sobekneferu was such a beautiful young woman.

[@HistoryExplained]

I agree! Thank you for watching :)

[@thelemming54]

Great content.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you very much

[@thelemming54]

@@HistoryExplained of course. Keep going.

[@OfficalRichardd]

Thank you, for your excellent research and storytelling. This was an informative video.

[@HistoryExplained]

That makes me very happy to hear. I really appreciate it Richardd!

[@D9Beats]

Oh man, what a well put together video.

[@HistoryExplained]

I appreciate that Danny I hope everything’s good with you

[@stevenmikhail9644]

Welcome back! Can you please make a video about senusret iii?

[@HistoryExplained]

Ok I’ll add him to the list. Thank you for the suggestions Steven!

[@bluesouth5633]

Beautiful picture.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you!

[@lordreptilestormblade1749]

thank you for covering her reign. I still don't know much about her, but thanks to you I have some more information then when I started looking into every pharaoh.

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m happy to hear you found it informative :)

[@ancientsitesgirl]

The Middle Kingdom on your channel!I am very happy, fascinating biography, I do not know much about her 😌

[@HistoryExplained]

Glad you found it informative! I’m so envious of your many travels throughout Egypt. Your channel is fantastic!

[@ancientsitesgirl]

@History Explained Thank you so much!

[@theendoftheworldasweknowit9894]

I love ancient Egypt so much! ❤❤

[@HistoryExplained]

As do I :)

[@theendoftheworldasweknowit9894]

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[@Danilo-Daniel]

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[@Tekirai]

Yoo that picture profile for her edges laid and everything!! 😂

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Glad you like them

[@obedirect5491]

Im suspec of the models ethnicity.

[@JoshalynnLove]

Like fr 😭

[@djeio]

​@@obedirect5491she's africans as all these people were and are.

[@Danilo-Daniel]

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[@AVP123]

Another well concived creation by History Explained. Congratulations - well done.

[@HistoryExplained]

I really appreciate it Professor. Thank you

[@zenaidanadinasode2554]

❤great video

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you Zenaida ❤️

[@zenaidanadinasode2554]

Very good work, congrats ❤

[@blockmasterscott]

I love the portrait. Yowza!

[@HistoryExplained]

So do I!

[@_MAXrevs_]

Consider making a video about the "Muvendars" it's really astonishing I can promise u

[@HistoryExplained]

I promise to look into them. I really appreciate the suggestion! Thank you

[@_MAXrevs_]

@@HistoryExplained Thank you for considering sir

[@EmiliaTurdean-n9f]

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing this amazing documentary. ✴

[@brotherkareem181]

That’s good that all the Pharaoh’s tombs we’re discovered yet. It’s gives us something to look forward to in the future. 😊

[@HistoryExplained]

I agree with you :)

[@lorcankelly8871]

Would be great to see a video on Khufu

[@HistoryExplained]

He’s deff on the list. Thank you!

[@aadityapratap007]

This was some information for me.

[@HistoryExplained]

That’s great :)

[@adamdaniels605]

Great Video as always! Since you are doing people who came before people you have already covered I would like to make two suggestions: 1. Khufu- The Pharaoh who commissioned Egypt's Greatest Pyramid! 2. King David- While he might not have been as powerful as the Bible claims, I think the consensus is that he historically existed.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you for the suggestions Adam. I will consider them carefully

[@ashtonfranklin4620]

He did exist, plus he was the guy that united the Jewish tribes

[@soobright]

David is a symbolic depiction of ALEXANDER the GREAT

[@niokandege]

Consensus isn't evidence. Doesn't anyone find it totally odd that archeological evidence of nearly 100% of so called biblical characters are missing? Not only that, but biblical artifacts as well? Then, as if to add salt to a wound, the plagiarism contained within it is astounding for a book alleging to come from a great mighty one, who is the beginning and the end of creation.

[@asmrnaturecat984]

@@soobright david exists long before alexander

[@carolangeloff]

Thank you.

[@HistoryExplained]

You’re welcome Carol :)

[@petrasobek564]

Very interesting.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you

[@darrylerren8185]

Hey can you do Ramesses 3 next

[@HistoryExplained]

He won’t be next but I’ll add him to the list and deff make a video on him. Thanks for the suggestion Darryl

[@darrylerren8185]

@@HistoryExplained so who's next? Ahmose 1?

[@HistoryExplained]

That’s a great one, but no. He’s deff on the list though. I haven’t decided just yet

[@crencottrell7849]

I hope you upload more videos moving forward 😁😎

[@HistoryExplained]

I really appreciate your interest in my channel Cren!

[@aGr3atD4y]

Fascinating stuff!

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you!

[@micahistory]

very interesting, I had never heard of her

[@HistoryExplained]

Glad you found it interesting Mica

[@thomascuzin2647]

Mandatory comment to help with the algorythm 👌

[@HistoryExplained]

It really helps. I appreciate it a lot Thomas

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Fabulous!

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you Amadeu!

[@soundnutz]

Awesome always something new to learn about history

[@SkyGuy4991]

I first heard the name Sobekneferu as part of an episode of Elementary

[@HistoryExplained]

Interesting. I never heard of Elementary

[@SkyGuy4991]

@@HistoryExplained it's a procedural drama television series, set in New York City, that presents a contemporary update of the character Sherlock Holmes. The episode in question is from Season 6, when a criminal tried to use the body of a murder victim to create a forgery of Sobekneferu's mummy.

[@zahiarizk4612]

How fascinating 🤩 I wish we knew more about this woman. She sounded very impressive

[@ianbrewster8934]

Wow did not know anything about her. That was fascinating. Is there any evidence that after she died they tried to erase her from history?

[@HistoryExplained]

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes she was missing from several king lists.

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

Actually she is missing only from Abydos List. She is on all others, as the only female Pharaoh.

[@ianbrewster8934]

@@HistoryExplained that is fascinating

[@ianbrewster8934]

@@pendragonsxskywalkers9518 this is a bit of a trick and loaded question but I'm curious why do you suppose she's on the other list but not on that list

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

@@ianbrewster8934 It seems that creators of lists as Turin king list, Saqqara canon and Karnak canon all viewed her as legitimate ruler. Why she was excluded from Abdos list is unknown. Some might say that because of her sex, as two others women who ruled before Seti I's reign are also absent from this list. This is even more curious as Abydos list was made during Seti I, but Saqqara canon made during reign of his son (Ramesses II) again contains her name, as if reception of her person changed on the course of few decades. (And she was dead for 4 centuries when both lists were made...) It is also unknown why other female pharaohs to that date (Hatshepsut and Neferneferuaten) were absent from list. Some might say that the reason was entirely their sex, BUT for example Neferneferuaten was an heir to heretic king Akhenaten who was also excluded, despite being male. So maybe female pharaohs were omitted because for most cases they kept their power in shady ways? Anyways, despite being absent on Abydos list, Sobekeneferu is the ONLY female pharaoh whose name was ever recorded in (known) egyptian king lists before Ptolemaic times, and this made her case very unique. During Ptolemaic period (Cleopatra's dynasty) Greek-Egyptian priest Manetho made list which contains names of four historical female pharaohs (and alleged fifth), not only Sobekneferu, but also that erased rulers - Hatshepsut, Neferneferuaten and Twosret. It means that there MUST have been some lists or documents where names of "missing queens" where preserved - they just didn't survive to our times. There were female pharaohs after Manetho, but as far I known, there's no king list from that period, so it's hard tell how they were treated in memory of subjects compared to their predecessors. I hope I helped! ;D

[@christinegraham2579]

What an interesting essay! I really enjoyed it. ❤

[@cheetavontiebolt9971]

Awesome mwman

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching Cheeta

[@naviseu]

Amazing video! Could you do the queen of Sheba?

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

There she is miss Ancient Egypt

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching :)

[@Isabella2335.]

Thanks for this information! I never know that there was a female pharaoh long before cleopatra

[@HistoryExplained]

You’re welcome :) There were about a dozen female pharaohs all together throughout ancient Egypt’s 3,000 year history.

[@samsmom1491]

There were actually several. Unfortunately, most history about them have been eradicated/erased. Hatshepsut and stong evidence exists that Akhenaten's wife Nefertiti was Pharoah for a short time.

[@Derek-xk3mb]

See:Hatshepsut

[@TheAshHeritor]

It should be noted that Cleopatra was the last ruler claiming the title of Pharaoh (and even then, she was no true Pharaoh, nor was she Egyptian, being of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty left behind by Alexander's conquest of Egypt). Yes, she probably had some Egyptian blood, and she certainly styled herself as a Pharaoh (just as her greek predecessors did), but Egypt had already lost its true independence some time ago after its conquest by the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and then by Alexander. Also, given the sheer length of Egypt's presence as an independent entity, the vast amount of time spanning ancient Egypt would give rise to (as the channel's comment put it), about a dozen female pharaohs. Again, as another comment suggested, Hatshepsut is a very intriguing example, and is perhaps the best known (even if her successors likely attempted to erase her from history). It should be remembered that the Pyramids were older to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to us... putting the ridiculous timescale of ancient Egypt into perspective.

[@ag2938]

@@TheAshHeritor sehr guter Kommentar, Stimme dir voll und ganz zu.

[@TrulyBlueYoutube]

Great video

[@wallywood49]

I have studied Egyptian history for a while, but this is the first I've heard of her.

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m glad I was able to bring her to your attention :)

[@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew]

Obviously they don't want you to know the original Egyptians where black African people and not from the Lavant or Europe

[@furqanbahadurkhan9876]

Pl Post Documentary About Pre Dynastic Egypt !

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@mariyasherba]

Вітаю! Відео, як завжди, чудове! Ще б хотілось побачити про інших відомих жінок Стародавнього Єгипту(Нефертарі, Таусрет)

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you very much! I appreciate the suggestions and will consider them

[@sarahhaaniaxoxo]

Team Hatshepsut, anyone?

[@HistoryExplained]

She was definitely an amazing woman

[@sarahhaaniaxoxo]

@@HistoryExplained Absolutely!

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

I love tausret…. Game of thrones kind of queen ( not my idea…but from an egypotlogist )

[@relaxhealrevive4058]

Yes! I believe the name was pronounced phonetically, “Ashasut”, soft “t” at the end. The liars that “wrote” the history books we’re allowed, as you know the old saying, didn’t like women, still don’t, and that’s why they worked so hard to destroy the true history, destroy statues, etc. I am definitely team Hatshepsut despite disagreeing with the spelling and pronunciation though.

[@dr.banoub9233]

Famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass is hoping to make an announcement, pending DNA confirmation, in October that two discovered mummies in tombs designated KV21 and KV35, are those of Nefertiti and her daughter Ankhesenamun, Tut’s Royal Wife. Also discovered along with the female mummies was a small boy’s mummy Dr. Hawass believes was Nefertiti and Ahkenaten’s son.

[@vikingskuld]

I wouldn't believe a thing that liar says. Just like this video she looks largely black in her picture yet most of the statue show Caucasian. They need to be more honest and much less political.

[@dr.banoub9233]

@@vikingskuld Egyptians are Caucasians. That picture’s on point and Caucasian! We’re just not Germanic looking Caucasians, so chill! Blacks don’t have the bone structure , hair and skin tone of the picture, unless they are heavily admixed!

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

My favorite was his statement about the golden city😂😂😂 which turned out to be excavated in the 30th and a workmens village

[@vikingskuld]

@@dr.banoub9233 lol lie all you want I know what Caucasian people look like lol. Half my family are Caucasian and most of the town I live in is. So your pushing political agendas doesn't make you right. It's makes it look like a sad attempt to change history. I never said they were blond although I seen a lot of blue eyed statues in Egypt. There were a lot more red heads back then compared to now. Neither of those two have such nice tanned skin tone. Most of the people in Egypt at those times especially the ruling class looked very different than that pic. That's all I was pointing out. I wasn't trying to be rude. I just believe if your going to talk about history you have an obligation to correct as you can. Best of luck to u on that

[@dr.banoub9233]

@@vikingskuld Per the US 2020 Census, Egyptians are White! White: The category “White” includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups ORIGINATING in Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Examples of these groups include, but are not limited to, German, Irish, English, Italian, Lebanese, EGYPTIAN, Polish, French, Iranian, Slavic, Cajun, and Chaldean. Black or African American: The category “Black or African American” includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Examples of these groups include, but are not limited to, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somali. The category also includes groups such as Ghanaian, South African, Barbadian, Kenyan, Liberian, and Bahamian. Since Egyptians are simultaneously North African and Middle Eastern, that makes us doubly White? Lol or four times as Caucasian as you since you stated half your family is Caucasian aka White.

[@athenawilson4019]

Sobekneferu was at the end of the 12th Dynasty. What about Nitocris, at the end of the 6th Dynasty? When her brother, the Pharaoh, was assassinated, she seized the crown and hunted down his assassins. Just because the story came from Herodotus is not sufficient reason to jump to the conclusion that she never existed. You can prove that someone existed...you cannot prove that they did not, just because you can't corroborate it. (Nitocris and Sobekneferu are two of my favorite ancient Egyptian noteworthies. There was also a similar story about Sobekneferu. Nitocris seized the throne just before the First Intermediate Period, Sobekneferu just before the Second Intermediate Period. Some scholars have suggested that the break-down in the Pharaonic administrative structure is what allowed the ascension of women to the throne, as well as caused the chaos of the two Intermediate periods.)

[@HistoryExplained]

Interesting. Maybe one day they’ll be proof that she was an official pharaoh. Thanks for sharing!

[@athenawilson4019]

@@HistoryExplained Just remember...at the turn of the 20th century there was some debate about whether Tutankhamen existed, before Howard Carter found his tomb. The efforts to obliterate Akhenaton basically erased Tutankhamen from the "official" records as well. It's unlikely we'll ever find Nitocris' tomb...but stranger things have happened. History stands on the side of those who took Herodotus at his word about Pharaohs, even if he was prone to gullibility as far as the culture was concerned.

[@HistoryExplained]

You make a good point, but I wouldn’t be able to make a full-length video about her life from the very little Herodotus wrote about her

[@athenawilson4019]

Anyway, my point was that declaring Sobekneferu "the first female Pharaoh of Egypt" doesn't stand up to the Herodotus test. "MIGHT have been the first" would be more accurate. Or "ONE of the first female Pharaohs..." Or something of that nature. With a side note about Nitocris. You don't need to have a full history on her to simply acknowledge her possible existence. MUCH of ancient Egyptian history is the same.

[@HistoryExplained]

@@athenawilson4019 Perhaps I should change the title to: “The Earliest Confirmed Female Pharaoh”

[@josephwilliammarek9566]

Where can I read more about her?

[@HistoryExplained]

www.britannica.com/biography/Sebeknefru

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Wasn't Amenemhat III first visier name ? Sobek em hat ?

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m not sure.

[@adenugavictoria4212]

Used to think Hatshesput was the first female pharoah thank you

[@HistoryExplained]

You’re very welcome :)

[@jazminmuro9692]

True that men had power and greatness that showed up in history. In ancient times, Pharaohs were usually males because Horus was a male, but people tend to forget that behind that male power, it is actually the female who holds real power. Like Isis, the mother of Horus was the actual figure that woman is the one who gave an opening for Egypt to thrive. Sobekneferu is the actual example of a woman who needs no man to hold power to make her country greater than all the pharaohs before could have dreamed of.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thank you for sharing Jazmin

[@ancientruth5298]

Isis and huros were anunnaki and never love during Egyptian time 😂this were the Egyptian ancestors gods but not from Thier time . Just like the Babylonian gods and Greek those gods where from Thier ancestors.

[@schorpioen7466]

Interesting. Not very known compared to Hatshepshut and Cleopatra

[@antonius_006]

I would like to know if Marcus Antonius and Kleopatra VII were officially married when they died.

[@HistoryExplained]

Yes and they had 3 children

[@dellcoc]

If she looked like that, she had no problem getting people to worship her. Gorgeous.

[@HistoryExplained]

I think you’re right

[@claudiamanta1943]

😄

[@IARRCSim]

yes. Even women would worship a woman with those looks. Whoever did the graphics did a spectacular job. It looks amazing for vector art.

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

What happend to meryneith?

[@HistoryExplained]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryneith This one?

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

@@HistoryExplained no. The mother of king den 1 st dynasty

[@HistoryExplained]

Oh yea that’s Narmer’s great-granddaughter. It’s unconfirmed that she was actually a pharaoh. Sobekneferu is the first 100% confirmed official female pharaoh

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

@@HistoryExplained true…but she has a royal tomb…with human sacrifices and all that…and as far as i know she changed her name to the male form…. Maybe you make a video about her…love the videos by the way

[@HistoryExplained]

I’ll consider it. Thank you for the kind words

[@nxyfff]

Can I request Cyrus the great or Alexander the great for nextt please?

[@HistoryExplained]

You can :) I appreciate it

[@rhondaclark716]

Wonderful video

[@HistoryExplained]

I appreciate you always watching my videos and commenting Rhonda :)

[@branrkwdrandall9476]

What gets me is that not anyone has found a crown to all these rulers.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching Bran

[@clairemercer3099]

Other than the battle crowns, crowns weren't buried with the Pharaohs. They were like heirlooms passed from generation to generation.

[@hi-fidude6670]

It is debatable who really was the first female ruler, as the line between true pharaoh, regent and co ruler can be very blurred at times. It can be argued that it was Merneith of the first dynasty around 2950 BC due to her having a full sized pharaoh tomb

[@Billy-nm7im]

I doubt that men ruled for a 1000 years because you have heard the saying behind every man is a good woman. And that is true today women have always given some advice to there husband's or mate. But that's just opinion

[@HistoryExplained]

Sobekneferu was the first official ruler on paper

[@Noone-fd2qz]

i can't believe how much black people are crying in comments and aren't even watching what is the video talking about... 🤦‍♂️

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching Jackson

[@lifeline.6144]

we know the truth. even you know. those noses are broken for a reason😂 the truth will come out for the original race✊🏾

[@HistoryExplained]

www.livescience.com/65071-why-egyptian-statues-have-broken-noses.html medium.com/lessons-from-history/why-do-egyptian-statues-ave-broken-noses-c9a207329415

[@Noone-fd2qz]

@@lifeline.6144 i don't want to shock you that actually many status in greece has broken noses, its a normal thing, also most Egyptian status actually doesn't have big noses, Egyptians drew kush with different features, In set i tomb you can see they drew greeks, iraqi, And east africans (kush) , kushties were drawn with black skin big eyes and noses with different shape of head, Also ramses ii was drawn chasing them away, In nine bows of amnehtop ii enemies of Egypt were drawn among them were kush, they were drawn different again, Ancient Egyptians made sure to draw the black different, but not only them, also persians, When persians came to Egypt, The king of persia wanted a statue in the Egyptian style, then behind the statue he did nine bows and each had an enemie, there were indian, iraqi, Egyptian, kush and others. Well each name had a person of the nation on it, each nation person was drawn, but when we come to kush, under it was 𓃀𓂋𓄿𓆬𓎡 which meant black, while under Egyptian they wrote kemet, They drew kush with very different features than the Egyptians, with different type of face. Everyone described the black from east africa different than ancient Egyptians? But still you say the opposite. If you need the name of statue i will give it to you with welcome arms

[@Noone-fd2qz]

@@lifeline.6144 You will tell me but the ancient Egyptians drew men brown, That is true. Actually it was a tradition to draw men in a brown-redish skin and women in a yellow and light skin most of the time . not only ancient Egyptians did that but minoan which is a civilization in south Europe, drew men in Brown skin and women in white skin. Others used the same way. But now lets come to the living statues, If we see the statues drawn with clothes, features, hair, even skin, we see that its nothing alike the africans you say, for example the seated scribes, princess Nofret, prince Rohtep. We can't deny there were people with dark skin like the Egyptian nubians, but were they all dark Egyptians? no it was just a little percentage because average Egyptian isn't like that.!

[@tantradossantos4501]

I am so glad archaeologists stopped breaking the noses off of the statues and busts they discover.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching!

[@lindatryon6289]

Linda...love Egyptian History of women Pharaohs.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching

[@akwabanthebe5836]

In my Akan language Sobenkneferu literary translate as SOBENK- IS THE - PHARAOH.

[@HistoryExplained]

Very interesting!

[@mellymel6624]

I have seen interviews of very old people from Ghana saying that their ancestors came down from Egypt. Not to mention the actual look of the statues from ancient Egypt. This is why a lot of the imagery on this channel can be a little cringe. It is way too obvious that the original ancient Egyptians were replaced by what we see in modern times, but ignorance is bliss, so you just have to let some people wallow in their ignorance..

[@demhadeas5065]

@@mellymel6624 Scientists also gathered data on Egyptian history and archaeological data of northern Africa, to give their discoveries some context. They wanted to know what changes had occurred over time. To find out, they compared the mummies’ genomes to that of 100 modern Egyptians and 125 Ethiopians. “For 1,300 years, we see complete genetic continuity

[@DiggyRasta]

@@demhadeas5065 1,300 years doesn’t even go back to late period Ancient Egypt let alone the Middle Kingdom. @melly Mel is right. There’s a reason why this channel and Western scholarship as a whole rely so heavily on recreations of ancient Egyptians instead of their own original representations of themselves like it’s done for every other culture or civilization.

[@demhadeas5065]

@@DiggyRasta i think u need to read more .. the mummies was from the period of the new kingdom .. like king Tut .. we also got recently new result of nobel Egyptian from middle kingdom .. 1800BC it follow the same previous results .. and so a thief would keep going on in his lies .. I myself is Egyptian .. from upper Egypt ..both my mother side and father side from upper egypt .. we are brown darkskin people ..but not sub sharan .. i got DNA test E-v12 which originated in upper Egypt specially many thousands years ago ... The more u people talk the more you show how ignorant u r .. and how black hearts u do have yourself

[@thepanda1044]

This would make an excellent plot for a movie or a play.

[@HistoryExplained]

You’re right

[@shneeoo_3668]

didn’t know sobeknefru was so curvy tho

[@sarahhaaniaxoxo]

2:36 Well, Hatshepsut was never that slim.

[@HistoryExplained]

It’s my favorite portrait so far :)

[@sarahhaaniaxoxo]

@@HistoryExplained The Hatshepsut one? Yeah, it's definitely the best!

[@HistoryExplained]

@@sarahhaaniaxoxo No I meant Sobekneferu’s portrait, but Hatshepsut’s is my second favorite.

[@markkilley2683]

Did she really look like that? Or is it an artists impression?

[@HistoryExplained]

Artist impression

[@The3DProjects]

She didn’t and even if she did looks like many Asians I know . Nothing out of the ordinary .

[@imhotepamenemhat5132]

Well done! But you need to reproduce the black color of the ancient egyptian of this period. They were black in ancient empire until Nectanebo2.

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching

[@The3DProjects]

They never were black . Surely there were some amongst them but not black. There were even blond mummies .

[@thesoarce]

I never heard of her until now, thank the Gods of Egypt (and this channel) for my discovery of the first Queen of this type in the zenith of the patriarchy!

[@Gojoseon]

Sounds like she might have been murdered with such a short reign

[@HistoryExplained]

Yea that’s a likely possibility

[@royalrecipes6549]

Beautiful voice #royalrecipes

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching

[@royalrecipes6549]

@@HistoryExplained 🤗🤗 #royalrecipes

[@dorinameres3853]

Te rog, vreau traducere în română 🙏🙏🙏🥰👍

[@HistoryExplained]

O sâ incerc in curând. Mulţumesc pentru comentariu! 🇷🇴

[@dorinameres3853]

@@HistoryExplained Mulțumesc din suflet pentru răspuns 🙏🤗🥰

[@ABCFacts101]

@@HistoryExplained Sunteti din Romania?

[@HistoryExplained]

@@ABCFacts101 Moștenirea mea este românească, dar locuiesc în NYC

[@istanknowledgereason1561]

Wow.. Jada Smith is ooooold.

[@HistoryExplained]

😆

[@MaeveTheWitchTarot]

female ruler are more interesting than male tbh.🤔

[@HistoryExplained]

That’s understandable

[@GilbyMinaj]

Agreed 🤩

[@HappyHermitt]

Pharoah look good

[@HistoryExplained]

She does! Thanks for watching

[@The3DProjects]

Not the real picture .

[@aaronbazan702]

I thought it was Candace. 😇✌️😎

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching Aaron

[@The3DProjects]

It’s not her real look. Art.

[@Yourdad_leftyou34]

Oh God She is his sister and wife 😢😢

[@HistoryExplained]

Real life Targaryens 🐉

[@samsmom1491]

Very common in ancient Egypt. They did not understand the detrimental affects of incest. The inbred females had a lot of miscarriages and/or birth defects. Take Tut for example; his parents were brother and sister. He married his half sister, who miscarried the two babies found in Tut's tomb.

[@MedusaRubix]

I believe the alien origins of these royals, you said that her husband was Lord of the Waters, that would be Enki. Enki was married to his sister who was a master geneticist. I think they made children in vitro. No sex. The bloodlines hides behind new names in different eras.

[@claudiamanta1943]

Crocodiles do not mate with humans. Probably that was their thinking, but they forgot their station- they were (mostly) humans, not the ‘crocodiles’ of old.

[@tallafricanchild6460]

Ngl, she bad as hell bro i might just have been the reason the husband died

[@HistoryExplained]

Maybe you’re right 😅

[@DragonGoddess18]

I thought it was Hatshepsut but okay

[@HistoryExplained]

Compare their reign dates

[@starcapture3040]

Sobek neferu Took the throne when she was an elderly and from her status she wasn't seem to be someone you would joke with. it is wearied Howe the thumb nails had her without her weird crown and dagger.

[@HistoryExplained]

Interesting. Nothing about a dagger came up in my research of her

[@starcapture3040]

@@HistoryExplained its in the headless statue you shown

[@pgaven9396]

She first to adopt the full royal titulary, distinguishing herself from any prior female rulers. She was also the first ruler associated with the crocodile god Sobek by name, whose identity appears in both her birth and throne names.

[@Angie2343]

YOU GO, GIRL!! =D

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching Angie :)

[@Angie2343]

@@HistoryExplained You're welcome! Please post more!

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m planning to going forward :)

[@Angie2343]

@@HistoryExplained Yay!

[@moibrahim2445]

Wasn’t there a video about Lacedaemon?

[@HistoryExplained]

There wasn’t

[@dynamics9000]

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. --Maya Angelou

[@HistoryExplained]

Powerful quote! Thank you for sharing Yasin :)

[@Erhudreamer]

Jury is still out on Nitocris, 2150ish BC. The brother, murdered, to put her on the throne, as per Herodotus.

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

Yeah, but Herodotus wrote over thousand years after presumed events. Ane ther is no archeological record for Nitocris.

[@Erhudreamer]

@@pendragonsxskywalkers9518 There is,..there are 3 names she went by, depending on the text. Yes the masculine world does not want people knowing that women actually had a strong presence. Khufu was also a woman. Her face carved into the Sphinx. The evidence is in the Cairo Museum on a number of statues. Discovered 7 years ago,..still waiting for Vatican approval.

[@philip2010]

What about cleopatra?I know that patolemys were of Greek decent but she's still very important in the Egyptian history

[@HistoryExplained]

One day I’ll upload a video titled: The Final Female Pharaoh | Cleopatra | Ancient Egypt Documentary

[@DiggyRasta]

No not really, by the time of Ptolemy, that was no longer Ancient Kemet/Egypt. Cleopatra is more important to Greek/European history than Egyptian. If you want to talk about important female rulers of Ancient Kemet in addition to Sobekneferu, there’s Queen Tiye, Hatsepshut, and Nefetari-Ahmose.

[@schorpioen7466]

​@@DiggyRastaCleopatra was still Egyptian next to being of Greek/Macedonian descent

[@DiggyRasta]

While that's debatable, I wasn't debating that. My point is that Cleopatra, of Kemetic (Egyptian) descent or not, isn't important to Kemetic history since Kemet was already history by the time she entered the picture.@@schorpioen7466

[@budmccaff550]

Why do all those statues have their noses broken ?

[@HistoryExplained]

www.livescience.com/65071-why-egyptian-statues-have-broken-noses.html medium.com/lessons-from-history/why-do-egyptian-statues-ave-broken-noses-c9a207329415

[@budmccaff550]

@@HistoryExplained Thank you !

[@HistoryExplained]

@@budmccaff550 you’re very welcome bud

[@samsmom1491]

Some were broken off by the statue falling, some were maimed by successors, some by invading armies and some (supposedly) by archeologists to hide the negroid features to further a myth that the ancients were not of Sub-Saharan ancestry or mixed ancestry. Supposedly, Napoleon's soldiers used some statues for target practice.

[@preezo007]

To hide the truth

[@jmy106]

Damn Sobekneferu looks fiiine

[@thepanda1044]

It's like The Goddess Hathor came down to earth.

[@HistoryExplained]

I’m happy you like her :)

[@thepanda1044]

@@HistoryExplained Can't wait for more. These are great.

[@dennishicks2440]

1800BC is also the time of The Hebrew Prophet Abraham.🌈😇

[@HistoryExplained]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing

[@lukasduki8293]

he was Hurrian ....Habiru was only his cast In Genesis 23:4, we read that the Hittites tell Abraham “thou art a prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none shall withhold from thee.” Abraham was considered part of Hittite/Hurrian royalty from Hittite of Cannan

[@grigoriymendelson927]

5783 year ago was Jew!Before,Egypt was first antisemitic,hate Jew!

[@claudiamanta1943]

Oh, please 🙄

[@lukasduki8293]

@@claudiamanta1943 we actually know alot about him His father was the Amorite governor of Urkesh, Terru, who was appointed by the king of Mari . The family did have to move to Haran, as Terru was very unpopular with the Hurrian locals he ruled over.....

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

I thought Hatshepsut was?

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

No, Hatshepsut was the second one (that we know of).

[@HistoryExplained]

Nope

[@johnbruce2868]

And she looked exactly like the image in your thumbnail!! Was she also the first female pharaoh to own a smartphone as well?

[@HistoryExplained]

Thanks for watching John

[@nehemiahyasharahla7258]

@John Bruce The owner of this channel doesn't have a clear record of what she might of looked like and most definitely she would be of a darker hue complexion as Egypt was predominately so call black. That picture in the video is an assertion of what they think she looked like but when you look at the real statue her nose is broken off, well nothing new there with the nose of the Sphinx off.