"Will Durant's Fascination with Ancient Egypt"

Embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the sands of time with acclaimed historian Will Durant as your guide, as he unveils the captivating history, enigmatic culture, and enduring legacy of ancient Egypt. In this enlightening video, Durant brings to life the splendors of the Nile Valley and the mysteries of a civilization that has fascinated the world for millennia.

[@PennyDreadful1]

I Love storytime with uncle Durant!

[@diegogarfias1955]

"Depart cold! Son of a cold, thou who break us the bones, destroy us the skull, make ill the seven openings of the head! Go out on the floor! Stink stink stink!" Thank you ancient Egypt for my next remedy.

[@frankandstern8803]

Durant ..... The history machine.

[@n0s41nt8]

0:02 *I. The Gift of the Nile* --- 0:02 1) In the Delta --- 7:15 2) Upstream 17:21 *II. The Master Builders* --- 17:21 1) The Discovery of Egypt --- 19:48 2) Prehistoric Egypt --- 23:10 3) The Old Kingdom --- 33:41 4) The Middle Kingdom --- 37:48 5) The Empire 44:55 *III. The Civilization of Egypt* --- 44:59 1) Agriculture --- 48:54 2) Industry --- 57:32 3) Government --- 1:03:55 4) Morals --- 1:10:44 5) Manners --- 1:18:12 6) Letters --- 1:26:39 7) Literature --- 1:39:04 8) Science --- 1:52:53 9) Art --- 2:16:16 10) Philosophy --- 2:25:03 11) Religion 2:44:09 *IV. The Heretic King* 2:57:44 *V. Decline and Fall*

[@corlyssd]

Thanx for your effort in making this list.

[@n0s41nt8]

@@corlyssd Thank you

[@LeonGalindoStenutz]

Thank you! Has been decades since i read this volume. When i finished high school i took a gap year and decided to implement my own curriculum -- with history one of 8 selected courses. Durant was my guide -- his writing so accessible yet profound, his tone so personable yet erudite, his personality so present, warm, friendly, genuine, and masterful. Have loved him, as my father loved him, ever since that wonder year, 1987.

[@racerx1189]

I love Egyptian history so thanks for this. 👍

[@euthymetelidis6393]

My education comes to an end before Mr Durant now i have to start all over again.

[@colinsilver1041]

You awesome person you. You never disappoint with the gems, sincere thank you.

[@ivanbarbosa81]

Such a beautiful narration

[@JosephDuvernay]

Egypt with the rest of Africa - first in most human activities, if not all and more, since the fossil record suggests all men come from there. The Durants - unbiased and, like Herodotus, truths seeking and info bearing. So much to be told, so much to know. Thank you!

[@Kombatkegz]

Thanks Rockyc ❤

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

Thanks!

[@drudown76]

Its really great👍

[@UnicornLaunching]

INCREDIBLE

[@mediatoryou]

Gr8ful...mediator

[@qwertyboy8]

True enlightened content

[@lawrence9506]

This sure sounds good.

[@achilleskocaeli]

Thanks mate..

[@DavidErdody]

"Only historians make divisions, time does not." 3:01

[@The840Dude]

Dude, thanks for the uploads bro. Always awesome to hear a great mind waxing on history

[@racerx1189]

Mr. Spicoli, nice to see you in class today.😂😂😂

[@dubthedirector]

Righteous🥴

[@nikolaidante3571]

Been a sub since Nietzsche. Cheers

[@lesilluminations1]

Bravo!

[@BaronM]

Thank you Rock C. A treat.

[@xxcoopcoopxx]

The Story of Civilzation: Book I - Our Oriental Heritage. The Near East: Egypt pg. 137-217 Pages 113 - 388 The Near East: Sumeria pg.116, Egypt pg.137, Babylonia pg.218, Assyria pg.265, Judea pg.299, Persia pg.350.

[@ullupdrost4740]

Thank you, been a fan for the longest time

[@jcjcviews]

You really are insane.

[@morenoh149]

1:37:05 how do you spell this historians name?

[@joseantonio-xz2lg]

Phone app steal for time? Idk help

[@EM-tx3ly]

Dan Carlin should do a take on Will Durant......

[@tresjordan982]

Where did Durant get his info on Akhenaten ???

[@joseantonio-xz2lg]

Group collab on word kill

[@kenswireart88]

They should interchange the pictures

[@joseantonio-xz2lg]

Parental leave Salem Oregon help

[@Harryjay6]

Idk where the hell this dude came up with some of his dates.

[@artofthepossible7329]

This was published in 1935, before radiocarbon dating was even a theory, much less practised, and outdated in general by nearly 90 years of research by nearly all of the various sciences.

[@Gorboduc]

He mentions the Sothic Cycle at 1:44:00 - 1:47:00. Basically the Egyptian calendar was based on 1460 year cycles derived from the rising of the star Sirius, and when this book was written it wasn't clear which events happened during which cycle, so some dates were miscalculated by centuries.

[@asahmed1980]

I was moved from 3:05:45 onwards.

[@jcjcviews]

Don't feed trolls. Hahaha

[@nvraman]

If this chapter on Egypt and so for others takes more than 3 hours of listening, and if i dedicate 30 minutes to listen a day, and with the book in hand for underlying at important points - it will take me a week to assimilate. In my humble submission, both Will and Ariel are god sent Gods, who have helped us understand our history. ON my side technology has also helped me, i play the audio at a lesser speed (0.75x) so to keep pace with my brain speed which is occupied with many earthly things. I will take time to read the entire First volume on Oriental Heritage. What is amazing is how could the Durants dedicate their life writing 11 volumes, which is a distilled wisdom, their brains must have been preserved for posterity like that of Einestein. In my humble indian way my pranaams and namaskaarams to Will and Ariel.

[@yoyoassful]

14:50

[@pollywanda]

Great lecture, horrible KZbin image

[@holdmybeer]

The Egyptians found these ancient sites.

[@jcjcviews]

This is trolling. People actually run around the internet to do evil things. Mmmm. I didn't know that.

[@scottdellrobinson]

Egyptians were not Born yellow and then darkened by the Sun. This may be the case for so called modern Egyptians. But the real Egyptians who built the ancient civilization described their origins, and that was from inner Africa near where the blue and white Nile meets. See a map

[@oqsy]

This one isn’t very good, is it? Be honest.

[@xmaseveeve5259]

(Hoax.)

[@pauc9596]

It sounds good but it is just seems like it is rehashed from other works. There is hardly any individual or new interpretation. Very little in depth analysis. I found it rather mundane and insufficient to hold the interest of a keen student, deeply interested researcher or serious scholar. It may have been considered good at one time but our knowledge and understanding has increased and broadened since it was written. Overall disappointing.

[@dburgd99]

Maybe you could check out the publication date of this book... I think you may have it the wrong way around.

[@davyroger3773]

" A serious scholar" lmao such high handedness always makes people sound so foolish

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@davyroger3773 the work is a bit shallow, though, to put up with the plurality of biased proclamations on top of a somewhat facile treatment, would have been disappointing overall, were it not for the comforting formality + that wonderful voice.

[@70galaxie]

you are inverse referring . Will Durant and his wife are where plagiarists steal from

[@tomtommy7570]

I don't know why, but I was never fascinated by Ancient Egypt. It just came off as pretentious from start to finish.

[@coreypoe2246]

Scratch a lie, find a thief.

[@yeahman147]

Bippity boppity

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

Good for you. Your opinion sucks.

[@alexanderclaylavin]

you just haven’t been enslaved by the right pharaohs yet

[@user-lk5ms8lj3k]

Yeah because you have brought so much to society

[@anlze9557]

Horrible recording quality

[@josecarbajal-of5lh]

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