Why Was Ancient Egypt Obsessed With Death | The Lost Gods Of Egypt | Absolute History

The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with divinity, death and the afterlife and reincarnation. Christy Kenneally visits Saqqara, south of Cairo, where the Egyptians learned the technique of mummification and built the first pyramid, an early prototype for the grand monuments of the Giza pyramid complex. He journeys on to explore the ruins at Abydos, Karnak and Luxor, arriving finally at the island of Philae, the site of the last hieroglyphics and a little-known shrine to Egypt's lost Gods.
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[@nettemarie8073]

*Editor:* You sure you want to leave in the spinning? It makes people dizzy. *Director:* Yes, but more spinning. *Editor:* More? *Director:* Yes.

[@LunaMajokko]

Can’t believe I just found this channel. I am already addicted to it I’ve been watching this for literally four hours straight.

[@frials4757]

I always listen to these and space documentaries when I go to bed and I sleep like a baby 😴

[@sarina1234ful]

@george lol

[@ideskpooh5578]

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[@sarina1234ful]

the spinning visuals certainly took me on a trip...a drug trip hahaha

[@Worldofourown2024]

It's the illusion of, 'order out of chaos,' effect...

[@oddish2253]

Egypt: I'm having such a good day. Rome: I'm gonna end this guy's whole career.

[@salamanje]

FUCK YOU ODDISH YOU LOOK SO DUMB BOOOOO

[@salamanje]

BELLSPROUT OWNS YOU EVERYDAY

[@janawael5023]

No god except allah and I want ask a question: how do you worship a dead person? The truth is that god raised him in the sky and the story is that our master lssa was sitting with a person who was very similar to him. And infidels took his likeness and crucified him and if you want to ask any question , I will answer it and remember, do not follow the words of your family if it is wrong, I want whatever they do with you, find the truth

[@sbridge7556]

Whoever did the editing needs to chill, I’m way too high for this

[@jobwesleycoxjr5103]

You don't have that good a weed there to be tripping that hard, some girl

[@csharper23]

Wish the videographer or whomever would stop the spinning!!!! Is so over the top. Other wise great video

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Plus it Makes me Dizzy to look at Spinning things.

[@narzz5637]

I believe he just discovered the spinning feature or something !!💔

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

@Titus Robertson yea your right it is Lower Case g I've read the Percy Jackson Novels and it's spelled gods, and God said in the first Commandment "Thou shalt worship no other gods Before Me for I am a Jealous God", and yes I believe you may have Something on them being Demons.

[@wfellow1]

It is an interesting video but someone really needs to have a serious chat with whomever thought that spinning around video effect which happens far too often was a good idea.

[@citizenavatar]

I had to leave it, too much zoomie, unnecessary flash, spinning made me feel sick and headache very poor technique..

[@daveramses8236]

Those Africans who built those great monuments were geniuses

[@Leo-nine]

That spinning effect was too much! I had to close my eyes, it was nauseating, lol.

[@jader4935]

Welcome to the comment section Do anything and we'll pathetically call you names

[@suprcrzy]

You are a kind and wonderful person! I hope you are doing well during these crazy times. 😊

[@Agaettis]

Love this channel so much! Best documentaries

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I'm so happy I discovered this channel..ty

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[@_Jesus_is_king]

Pretty good vid, but I suggest to spin the camera less but other than that great and informative. 👍

[@sg1fan23477]

The old gods are not lost, many of us still believe strongly in them.

[@PREPFORIT]

agreed

[@weetardedcat2112]

@S C to some, having something to believe in is often what is keeping their head above water.

[@sarina1234ful]

@@weetardedcat2112 or pushes them way down under

[@garygnu4629]

@S C the alphabet is also of human manufacture, but is it real? Depends on how we would classify reality I guess.

[@wfcoaker1398]

A modern construction based on romantic modern ideas of what the old gods were, you mean.

[@gameboyhotline3712]

We still believe in the old gods.... I’m building a relationship work Aphrodite

[@BoomBoom-hk6qp]

Gameboy Hotline how

[@emilyp.9172]

...........all. the. Spinning..............why?!

[@Amphitera]

to detract from the stale, old, boring and mostly wrong narrative?

[@emilyp.9172]

@@Amphitera is it? Better video suggestions? ??

[@35oz19g]

Highly inaccurate video... Amun and Ra had no wives.... Osiris visits his wife Isis every year. No rubble ramps were used EVER. BLAH BLAH BLAH 👎

[@jemmapellemma8185]

Correct: info in vid is crap

[@ReclusiveEagle]

2000 years later and the Pharaohs were again resurrected -sponsored by Ubisoft

[@damenwhelan3236]

Today one God dominates the believers... Ohhh dear...

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

Money.

[@gameboyhotline3712]

Egypt is called kemet in ancient times but ok

[@boe3579]

The camera work is like the ones in old Nigerian movies with witchcraft 😂.

[@Nervysplash]

Editor was a bit excited on this one

[@dstinnettmusic]

0:30 *hinduism would like a word*

[@sophiab.282]

Many still worship "the old gods"

[@gracetodd1350]

Interesting video

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

0:28 so Hinduism (and a couple of other one's) don't count?

[@AWriterWandering]

Well he said "dominates". That would be accurate considering that Christians and Muslims collectively make up about 56% of the global population, while Hindus only constitute about 15%.

[@LewisStVictor]

i sais the same thing! lol

[@zigzag1582]

@@AWriterWandering *Hindu

[@AWriterWandering]

ZIG ZAG Oops. I was thinking Latin plural i. (Eg cactus, cacti). Corrected.

[@WalterBurton]

So, this is some kind of scam, right?

[@Rachypenguins]

too many special effects on this video

[@bedstuyrover]

It is highly likely that someone has compared religious beliefs across Africa to that of the ancient Egyptians. I would certainly like to see information on this subject.

[@gameboyhotline3712]

bedstuy rover Egypt is in Africa.....

[@bedstuyrover]

@@gameboyhotline3712 YES.. and i wanted to know of similarities of rituals and religious beliefs.

[@bedstuyrover]

@ryan worthy. It would be easy if i had an extensive knowledge of the rituals and religion of the ancient Egyptians and modern black Africa, as i do not , i would definitely enjoy an unbiased documentary.

[@MichaelDavis-cv6rr]

@@bedstuyrover a good place to begin “There is no doubt, that the beliefs examined herein are of indigenous origin, Nilotic or Sudanic in the broadest signification of the word, and I have endeavoured to explain those which cannot be elucidated in any other way, by the evidence which is afforded by the religions of the modern peoples who live on the Great Rivers of East, West and Central Africa. Now, if we examine the religions of modern African peoples, we find that the beliefs underlying them are almost identical with those ancient Egyptian ones described above. As they are not derived from the Egyptians, it follows that they are the natural product of the religious mind of the natives of certain parts of Africa, which is the same in all periods.” EA WALLIS BUDGE ‘OSIRIS AND THE EGYPTIAN RESURRECTION Publ. 1911

[@bedstuyrover]

@@MichaelDavis-cv6rr Thanks.

[@crackingsealsandliftingvei5914]

The priests of Heru in the bible are called Horites. Hor + ites=Hor/Horus/Heru + ites=followers of. Horites are followers of Heru. The Mighty men of old. Shemsu Hor.. These magicians come from the Armenian Highlands of Arrata. People of Ar/Ra=Children of the Sun. He of the Ari/Sun/Fire/Mars/Aten=Heru Khuti=The secret name of Ra. In the Pert Em Heru/Book of the Dead, Ra says: I am Ra who are Heru Khuti ( Mars ) Hence in the Great Hymn to the Aten his name is Ra Heru Khuti/Ra Hoor Khuit to Aleister Crowley and Thelema. The Aten.. Akhenaten is a Horite/Hurrian. Yuya+Tjuyu=Queen Tiye=Hurrians=Mother of Akhenaten. Horite Hebrew/Hurrian Arrata/Ararat/Armenian/*Hurrians*/ Canaanites/Israelites are Horites/Hurrians. In Isaiah 9:6 Jesus is prophesied as being born as El Gibor. El Gibor is Geburah Geburah is Heru Khuti Heru Khuti is Mars and the secret name of Ra. You find the Horites in the pyramid text. Sheerah granddaughter of Ephraim built upper and lower Beth-Horon=House of Horon. Horon you find in Kemet/Egypt as Horemakhet/Her Em Akhet ( Sphinx ) Her Em Akhet is Heru on the Horizon. Heru on the Horizon is Heru Khuti. Heru Khuti is Mars and warrior and Hero of Kemet. Heru Behutet ( winged Sun Disc ) Hadit to Aleister Crowley and Thelema. Horites/Shemsu Hor of Nekhen and Edfu. Heru of Nekhen and Edfu. El Gibor is Mars/Samael ( Yaladaboath ) Jesus ( Isaiah 9:6 ) Heru Khuti/Aten/Ra Biblically the Horites are from Seir/Edom/Petra/Bozrah.. The land of Uz/Oz.. Job/Khufu Wizard of Uz/Oz In the story of Ra and Auset Ra revealed his secret name as this: I am Khepera I am Ra. I am Ra Atum/Tem In the Dream Stele he is Horemakhet Khepera Ra Atum.. Horemakhet is Her Em Akhet Her Em Akhet is Heru Khuti/Aten/Ra.. Heru Khuti Khepera Ra Atum.. Heru Khuti is Khepera: A Hymn Of Praise To Ra When He Riseth In The Eastern Part Of Heaven Those who are in his following rejoice, and the Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, who risest on the horizon day by day. Shine thou with thy beams of light upon the face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, for he singeth hymns of praise to thee at dawn, and he maketh thee to sit at eventide [with words of adoration]. May the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, come forth with thee into heaven! May he set out with thee in the Matet Boat [in the morning], may he come into port in the Sektet Boat [in the evening], and may he cleave his path among the stars of heaven which never rest. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, being at peace [with his god], maketh adoration to his Lord, the Lord of Eternity, and saith:- Homage to thee, O Heru-khuti, who art the god Khepera, the self-created. When thou risest on the horizon and sheddest thy beams of light upon the Lands of the South and of the North, thou art beautiful, yea beautiful, and all the gods rejoice when they behold thee, the king of heaven. Heru Khuti is Ra and Heru Khuti/Mars is Ra Atum/Tem FROM THE PAPYRUS OF ANI (THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD) 240 BC Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge NEKHT, THE CAPTAIN OF SOLDIERS, THE ROYAL SCRIBE, SINGETH A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA, and saith:- Homage to thee, O thou glorious Being, thou who art dowered [with all sovereignty]. O Tem-Heru-Khuti (Tem-Harmakhis), when thou risest in the horizon of heaven a cry of joy goeth forth to thee from all people. O thou beautiful Being, thou dost renew thyself in thy season in the form of the Disk, within thy mother Hathor. Therefore in every place every heart swelleth with joy at thy rising for ever. The regions of the South and the North come to thee with homage, and send forth acclamations at thy rising on the horizon of heaven, and thou illuminest the Two Lands with rays of turquoise-[coloured] light. O Ra, who art Heru-Khuti, the divine man-child, the heir of eternity, self-begotten and self-born, king of the earth, prince of the Tuat .. The pyramid text indicate that the deceased King will be reborn in the eastern Horizon as Horakhty=Heru Khuti. El Gibor

[@celinak5062]

18:45

[@shadowwright3232]

Hope you don't have vertigo or a seizure disorder if you are going to watch this thing, so much spinning and flickering images. Also, gods about which everyone has heard or could read if they did minor shallow research in the children's section of the local library are not the least bit lost. Perhaps the individuals making the video are the ones who got lost after spinning the camera around so much. Now, it does take some digging to find information to find anything about the monotheistic Pharoah though. The contemporary Egyptian Priesthood of his day were not the only ones who tried to suppress a completely Egyptian based monotheistic belief system either.

[@redbirdacres]

I like the history but could do without the spinning, jarring around and loud drums. So, thumbs down on this one.

[@Stfuval17448]

😍😍😍😍

[@guardianoftheduat]

Mmmm people still worship the gods so......

[@wfcoaker1398]

People worship their recreation of what their romantic notions of antiquity tell them the old gods should have been.

[@guardianoftheduat]

@@wfcoaker1398 mmm ok then sweetie u think that

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

@@guardianoftheduat Praise Odin!

[@punkandrockgirf]

Monotheism is boring af

[@mamasaid187]

There not lost they moved n still world the money of the world. There is no god just divine matrix. Everything else is man made

[@JackyHeijmans]

The gods are going way further back than Egypt. The Sumarians speak of the Anunnaki. (Like Anu, Enki and Enlil) The ones that came from the heavens. The book of Enoch also speaks of Fallen Angels, that mated with human women. Their children were the nephilim. Things went out of hand over it all. Some creatures must have come to this Earth in a far past. Those spread out over the world. There are tales that the Anunnaki created slaves, human beings, to work for them. The Egyptians were not the first to build a pyramide.

[@christopherking6565]

I think you are trying to sound intelligent but failed

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@christopherking6565 Tell me, where am I wrong?

[@zeph6439]

Do you realize that there are millions of pagans around nowadays who believe in the Old Gods? I feel the title of this video is very misleading. The Ancestral Deities of humankind will never get lost.....perhaps a little more research is needed before you post something on something you know very little about?

[@the_biblioklept2533]

Zeph This is very well researched, you just don't understand it

[@zeph6439]

@@the_biblioklept2533 Of course not...I'm just pagan. Anyone who isn;t, like you, knows much better, and understands everything about paganism.

[@RO01948]

Who knew the climate changed 7000 years ago.... The Ancient Egyptians should have laid off the fossil fuels, lol

[@BoomBoom-hk6qp]

What spinning

[@ThatOneMelodyRat]

the gods were sealed away in stone slabs. now in cards

[@BrionWatling]

Look even if you went back in time about 100 years the language would be ununderstandable, also how can we decifer what happened during the younger dryfris 1100 years ago.