A day in the life of an ancient Egyptian doctor - Elizabeth Cox

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  • Опубліковано 18 лип 2018
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    It’s another sweltering morning in Memphis, Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies. Honey, garlic, cumin, acacia leaves, cedar oil -- she’s well stocked with the essentials she needs to treat her patients. Elizabeth Cox outlines a day in the life of an ancient Egyptian doctor.
    Lesson by Elizabeth Cox, animation by Echo Bridge.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 років тому +1957

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    • @sojo973
      @sojo973 6 років тому +2

      TED-Ed this was so cool to watch

    • @LiranBarsisa
      @LiranBarsisa 6 років тому +6

      What is exactly the last case , on 3:28 ? Do people die from it?

    • @2222Kenneth
      @2222Kenneth 6 років тому +1

      great vid

    • @khanimefreak
      @khanimefreak 6 років тому +4

      Fo you think you could do a video on Native Americans?

    • @tomrice6346
      @tomrice6346 6 років тому +2

      Maybe next time you could inform us on how the Greeks were doing "Neru pehut" on their kids.

  • @pengfeidong5268
    @pengfeidong5268 5 років тому +5051

    Scorpion stings? Allow me to chant an incantation: "Poison poison go away, come again another day, little Billy don't die today, Poison poison go away."

    • @mohnapriyanka
      @mohnapriyanka 4 роки тому +58

      😆😆

    • @twistedskittle8517
      @twistedskittle8517 4 роки тому +33

      Lol

    • @rochellezimmerbishop4681
      @rochellezimmerbishop4681 4 роки тому +112

      It is the beginning of praying to God for healing, just like the Christians do today. Christianity has its beginnings in Egypt with Isis the goddess holding her son Horus, just like Mary holding Jesus. Christianity comes from Egyptian religion. Also, in Christian prayer healings, you act as a conduit for the power of the god to come through you to the patient to heal them just like this doctor did with the goddess of venomous bites. It is the same.

    • @LRoseArts
      @LRoseArts 4 роки тому +80

      At least she tried to cut the poison out as well.

    • @saintouija6403
      @saintouija6403 4 роки тому +25

      Christianity does the same B.S LOL

  • @captainpalegg2860
    @captainpalegg2860 6 років тому +6581

    “Guardian of the royal anus”
    I had to stop there because I was laughing too hard.

  • @vulpesvulpes4269
    @vulpesvulpes4269 5 років тому +14916

    We went from peeing on seeds to peeing on sticks lmao

    •  5 років тому +21

      Wym?

    • @qualitychannel1528
      @qualitychannel1528 5 років тому +266

      xAesthęticBunny pregnancy test

    •  5 років тому +27

      Randy Cunningham oh, ty LOL

    • @Hearts444Cup1d
      @Hearts444Cup1d 5 років тому +112

      GENDER UNCONFIRMED!! 😂😂

    • @chocolate-ge3mb
      @chocolate-ge3mb 5 років тому +5

      Ya....i guess

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 5 років тому +3178

    Ancient Egypt: "There's no cure for the tumor."
    Today: "There's no cure for the tumor. That'll be $10,000."

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +46

      Tumor treatment is cheap it cost that and god knows how much more when it turns out to be cancerous (less frequent)

    • @zaugitude
      @zaugitude 3 роки тому +79

      See, they even believed in healthcare for all back then.

    • @khodibritton8368
      @khodibritton8368 3 роки тому +67

      *Modern America: There’s no cure for the tumor. That’ll be $10,000.

    • @harrisonmorgan7492
      @harrisonmorgan7492 3 роки тому +21

      America moment.

    • @fatimamona2297
      @fatimamona2297 3 роки тому +14

      they're evolving just backward

  • @AvailableUsernameTed
    @AvailableUsernameTed 6 років тому +11590

    If my arm was being wrapped by an ancient Egyptian doctor, I would have a friend make sure that she only wrapped the arm and not the rest of me.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  6 років тому +836

      ;)

    • @samimas4343
      @samimas4343 6 років тому +229

      Or tattoo "only operate here" on your arm

    • @ADEehrh
      @ADEehrh 6 років тому +16

      Pipe2DevNull ya, they were funny that way

    • @snakesolid6823
      @snakesolid6823 6 років тому +8

      Lmao

    • @thepatriottz9205
      @thepatriottz9205 6 років тому +7

      Pipe2DevNull 😂😂😂

  • @zeronova1484
    @zeronova1484 6 років тому +2243

    *"GUARDIAN* *OF* *THE* *ROYAL* *ANUS."*
    I love how educational this channel is.

  • @scriblespider
    @scriblespider 3 роки тому +544

    *G U A R D I A N O F*
    *T H E R O Y A L A N U S*

  • @Bluecatsea
    @Bluecatsea 5 років тому +1141

    The only doctor in history to see their patient as soon as they ask to be seen.

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +31

      Women doctors at the time would only find work with women and women had a habit of delaying appointments till it's absolutely necessary

  • @juliaammon8960
    @juliaammon8960 6 років тому +1912

    I love how the animation in the video is drawn like ancient Egyptian art

    • @c.h.1839
      @c.h.1839 5 років тому +8

      @The Realist well yeah duh egypt have mostly hot desert climate and eguptian people were exposed to sun a lot which caused their tan or even brown skin

    • @johnsnow-yh3bd
      @johnsnow-yh3bd 5 років тому +5

      @@c.h.1839 were ancient egyptians not mostly white skinned

    • @AngelSnowflakes
      @AngelSnowflakes 5 років тому +2

      @Chairman Lmao they don't need blue eyes. They are not that fragile to care about these hocus-pocus

    • @doctorr5046
      @doctorr5046 5 років тому +2

      I respect you but this are the ancient Egyptian thoughts and they from the HOCUS they discovered a lot of about medical
      I wanna ask you what is the positive thing you see it's wrong in Egypt

    • @NaomiIsSoAwesome98
      @NaomiIsSoAwesome98 4 роки тому +14

      @@c.h.1839 that's not what they meant lol. how their bodies are sideways (faces, feet), with the long Egyptian eye

  • @eagletgriff
    @eagletgriff 5 років тому +2929

    _"Paseshet had seen many like this and knows exactly what to do-"_
    *Proceeds to say an incantation*

    • @tibot4228
      @tibot4228 5 років тому +170

      It was a cheat code.

    • @eagletgriff
      @eagletgriff 5 років тому +21

      @@tibot4228 thanks, so thats why they didnt say it

    • @tibot4228
      @tibot4228 5 років тому +5

      @@eagletgriff Lol

    • @Readund
      @Readund 5 років тому +80

      weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
      A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
      A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
      A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh..
      In the jungle, the mighty jungle
      The lion-
      Oh, sorry I was chanting a spell.

    • @yosemitedance6312
      @yosemitedance6312 4 роки тому +1

      Ti Bot vvggtyuiyj

  • @greatima526
    @greatima526 5 років тому +5566

    I find Greek history, and Egyptian history, extremely interesting.

  • @alexangel4758
    @alexangel4758 5 років тому +2712

    Egyptian commoner: Doctor! I have a tumor on my arm please help me?
    Egyptian Doctor: GOTTA BLAST

    • @pokemagetech
      @pokemagetech 5 років тому +17

      Alex
      I think it was some disease, not cancer.

    • @thedemonhater7748
      @thedemonhater7748 4 роки тому +43

      PokeMageTech nah, I’m pretty sure it’s cancer. It would be a relatable sort of thing. People are laughing at the doctor for the entire video because of her “treatments” (none of which actually do anything) and how they’re totally baseless and inaccurate.
      But then the doctor encounters an unstoppable tumor that will kill anyone who has it. Cancer today is basically the one disease we haven’t cured, and can only really treat it. That feeling of powerlessness is the one constant.

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 4 роки тому +51

      @@thedemonhater7748 Except they were NOT baseless. They didn't understood how the treatments worked, but they were much better than nothing. Well, in most cases at least. Even the spell thing had function, if you were convinced goddess will help you the placebo effect would be pretty strong.

    • @werh227
      @werh227 4 роки тому +12

      @Ali Hadi Babar the actual treatment was the cut

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 4 роки тому +1

      @@thedemonhater7748 Well it was the science of like 1500 BCE

  • @tosht2515
    @tosht2515 6 років тому +9071

    Peseshet had an amazingly high success rate. Nearly 3% of her patients experienced positive outcomes.

    • @petrichorrrr
      @petrichorrrr 5 років тому +153

      rip

    • @EvolvedApe
      @EvolvedApe 5 років тому +407

      pretty much the same as modern medicine.

    • @p_eabean
      @p_eabean 5 років тому +811

      Which is considerably high during those times! Lol

    • @BruceShankle
      @BruceShankle 5 років тому +385

      The other 97% disagree.

    • @shivanidas682
      @shivanidas682 5 років тому +25

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @demented2935
    @demented2935 6 років тому +12779

    Fail proof pregnancy test: wait nine months

    • @neveen5686
      @neveen5686 5 років тому +591

      No one matches your practical tactical brilliance

    • @theartlady148
      @theartlady148 5 років тому +97

      America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman ! yaasss

    • @kaidanariko
      @kaidanariko 5 років тому +155

      I see this now (9 months from when it was posted) after having just given birth a couple months ago.
      Seems legit.

    • @handfulofbabycarrots9312
      @handfulofbabycarrots9312 5 років тому +82

      Or maybe a month until you get your period

    • @olivia.2125
      @olivia.2125 5 років тому +15

      This was posted 9 months ago

  • @pans0986
    @pans0986 5 років тому +821

    4:12 someone’s having Quadruplets!? 0-0

  • @zhouwu
    @zhouwu 4 роки тому +341

    Turns out, the Egyptian doctors are like us. We also have patients we can't do much for. It sucks to see a person dying, and just have to leave them because you actually can't help them.
    Because, deep down, you realise the day might come when that patient might be you, and the doctor would say to you what you just said to the patient: "I'm sorry. I'll have to refer you to palliative care."

    • @japhetawa2389
      @japhetawa2389 4 роки тому +13

      palliative care , damn that hurts. :(

    • @Hossam_Ahmed_
      @Hossam_Ahmed_ 3 роки тому +3

      In modern day Egypt there is a belief that cam with Islam .." every illness have a cure you might no it or don't "

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 3 роки тому +1

      @@japhetawa2389 ikr?

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 3 роки тому +3

      @@Hossam_Ahmed_
      If you have a cure for death, please let me know, ok? It'll be very helpful to me! Then, I won't have to worry about the patients anymore!

    • @Hossam_Ahmed_
      @Hossam_Ahmed_ 3 роки тому +1

      @@zhouwu
      Except death and aging every thing is cureable , all humans are going to die no matter how much they lived ...

  • @hardlineamerican8495
    @hardlineamerican8495 6 років тому +2255

    1:46 Imagine the woman's reaction if both the barley and wheat grew.

  • @sjewitt22
    @sjewitt22 6 років тому +1368

    It's so important not to only see history through the eyes of kings and queens.

    • @pyroparagon8945
      @pyroparagon8945 4 роки тому +6

      @Josef Daniel we wuz

    • @evalinarosenthal3236
      @evalinarosenthal3236 4 роки тому +2

      @Josef Daniel Found an Afrocentric lunatic.

    • @evalinarosenthal3236
      @evalinarosenthal3236 4 роки тому +3

      @Josef Daniel Do you even know how many researches there are that shatter this pathetic theory of yours?

    • @evalinarosenthal3236
      @evalinarosenthal3236 4 роки тому +4

      @Josef Daniel You don't seem to understand that Caucasoid race is NOT limited to only blonde hair and light skin. Race (clustering) is determined by skull shape and how teeth are propotioned (www.ijofo.org/article.asp?issn=2542-5013;year=2017;volume=2;issue=1;spage=38;epage=42;aulast=Rawlani).

    • @evalinarosenthal3236
      @evalinarosenthal3236 4 роки тому +3

      @Josef Daniel Like you said, you are an archaeologist, not an anthropologist. There's a great difference.

  • @RandomVideosEverytime
    @RandomVideosEverytime 5 років тому +338

    kindly make more of these series. this playlist is like a history book. its interesting to know how people used to spend their day in ancient times..

  • @yassin4173
    @yassin4173 4 роки тому +111

    I love ancient egyptian culture as well as the greeks, Aztecs, vikings, arabics, chinese, japanese .... it's just wonderfull that makes me wish I had a time machine to take a look.

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 4 роки тому +8

      You missed Romans, Persians, Turkic tribes.

    • @mr.halfbloodprince394
      @mr.halfbloodprince394 3 роки тому +10

      U missed ancient Indian culture

    • @yassin4173
      @yassin4173 3 роки тому +2

      @@mr.halfbloodprince394 @. too bad my history teacher always makes it sound boring, yet it's wonderful to learn.

    • @KilerZ5135
      @KilerZ5135 3 роки тому

      SAME

    • @houndofzoltan
      @houndofzoltan 3 роки тому +1

      Why do you leave out the Assyrians and Summerians, the Celts and the Hittites, the Olmecs and the Carthaginians...etc?

  • @SideNote233
    @SideNote233 6 років тому +8396

    This channel is literally the best place to find authentic educational content. No click-bait, no misinformation.

    • @soufian2733
      @soufian2733 6 років тому +15

      Vox is good too

    • @vincinnum798
      @vincinnum798 6 років тому +6

      SideNote channel - Science and History Looked at your channel out of curiosity. Your video's quality is too good for the size of your channel. Keep it up! I subscribed.

    • @1685Violin
      @1685Violin 6 років тому +8

      I don't always agree with Vox though unless the videos are about science and technology.

    • @Robert6P6M
      @Robert6P6M 6 років тому +1

      Meanwhile TEDx

    • @colleen9493
      @colleen9493 6 років тому +1

      Wrong. There’s way too many clickbaits

  • @morimori7456
    @morimori7456 6 років тому +2658

    I don't know why, but since I was a little kid I was always interested in ancient Egypt

    • @Ashley-hm9jq
      @Ashley-hm9jq 6 років тому +33

      Mori Mori SAME

    • @Seththeprince
      @Seththeprince 6 років тому +14

      As well

    • @Ashley-hm9jq
      @Ashley-hm9jq 6 років тому +119

      Maybe we were once an egyptian in our past lives lol

    • @trcndc2
      @trcndc2 6 років тому +30

      It was probably yu gi oh tbh.

    • @evanzheng5986
      @evanzheng5986 6 років тому +10

      Mori Mori Kane Chronicles?

  • @janshanajamajananajsudu
    @janshanajamajananajsudu 4 роки тому +82

    It is fascinating how the Egyptians got so far, such a long time ago

  • @yassen2ninja588
    @yassen2ninja588 2 роки тому +10

    I am from Egypt and my grandmother told me this story and i love it. sorry if my English is bad 😅🤦🏻

    • @misspumpkin5427
      @misspumpkin5427 Рік тому

      The story in the video isn't that accurate but the historical figures are real

  • @yang9214
    @yang9214 6 років тому +2980

    "There is no cure for the tumor"
    2018:

    • @blue_cameron
      @blue_cameron 5 років тому +17

      Soldado de Juan José Torres what they really mean is you're going to die unless you do something to fix yourself beyond drugs

    • @slaythotscringeguy6984
      @slaythotscringeguy6984 5 років тому +3

      Sad even ur profile is sad

    • @mhakoyMD
      @mhakoyMD 5 років тому +3

      This is actually true on some brain tumora... they're inoperable.

    • @tiyasmondal2777
      @tiyasmondal2777 5 років тому +1

      So sad

    • @justmissjamey
      @justmissjamey 4 роки тому +1

      @Soldado de Juan José Torres we will all die...same ol same ol

  • @Froggeh92
    @Froggeh92 6 років тому +1803

    She didnt help that lady? What a Peseshet! (Badum tiss)

  • @luvsadeplz
    @luvsadeplz 4 роки тому +522

    In the future, I wanna try out the pregnancy plant thing. I'm kinda curious, not gonna lie 😂

    • @ishmaelm1932
      @ishmaelm1932 4 роки тому +16

      Why wait
      When we can try it now

    • @luvsadeplz
      @luvsadeplz 4 роки тому +128

      @@ishmaelm1932 Cause I'm 15, my guy

    • @ishmaelm1932
      @ishmaelm1932 4 роки тому +127

      @@luvsadeplz FBI ENTERED THE CHAT

    • @mohnapriyanka
      @mohnapriyanka 4 роки тому +5

      I thought so too 😂

    • @redly3615
      @redly3615 4 роки тому +26

      *FBI* *OPEN* *UP*

  • @acebalistic1358
    @acebalistic1358 4 роки тому +296

    Fun fact: while that pregnancy test could not identify gender, it had a 70% success rate in seeing if the mom was pregnant

  • @colesasson4062
    @colesasson4062 6 років тому +1436

    Ted talks but does ted listen

  • @Reema_mfl
    @Reema_mfl 6 років тому +566

    *This was so interesting to watch* , as a modern day Egyptian pharmacy student 😅

    • @monkiram
      @monkiram 6 років тому +34

      I'm a modern day Egyptian doctor :D

    • @rijuchaudhuri
      @rijuchaudhuri 6 років тому +9

      Wow... That's great! Good luck!

    • @mehrozzafar7368
      @mehrozzafar7368 5 років тому +6

      I am a pharm D graduate as well...whats the scope of pharmacy there in Egypt? It not much here in Pakistan

    • @AltarofMetal
      @AltarofMetal 5 років тому +16

      @The Realist They're Egyptian. The same people who have been there for thousands of years.

    • @star.6516
      @star.6516 5 років тому +3

      Mehroz Zafar lol I’m visiting Pakistan right now 🇵🇰❤️

  • @redbayly
    @redbayly 5 років тому +7369

    Let's just take a moment to appreciate the fact that the Egyptians allowed women to practice medicine, a profession which the western world typically ascribes to men and which women had to fight to gain a place in within other cultures. This is why I love the ancient Egyptians so much; no matter what else you can say about them, they were remarkably egalitarian in comparison with cultures like the ancient Athenians who would not even allow women to leave the home.

    • @alialahmad4329
      @alialahmad4329 4 роки тому +84

      Well u cant say they are just better each culture had its flaw greek contribute to philosophy and democracy alot

    • @iokneafsey8039
      @iokneafsey8039 4 роки тому +358

      @@alialahmad4329 no one said that?

    • @burnixen8711
      @burnixen8711 4 роки тому +537

      @@alialahmad4329 you can appreciate certain aspects of a culture without thinking it is better than others. Your comment is unnecessary.

    • @user-gm6ho9sq2v
      @user-gm6ho9sq2v 4 роки тому +148

      So strange that even female pilots have been arrested for wearing pants in the past

    • @alialahmad4329
      @alialahmad4329 4 роки тому +16

      @@burnixen8711 well u can admire other cultures aspect no denying that

  • @tienkieu4806
    @tienkieu4806 4 роки тому +455

    Ancient Egypt: used somewhat scientific methods to cure diseases.
    Medieval Time: *amputation*

    • @toomuchtime4896
      @toomuchtime4896 4 роки тому +8

      Deceases?

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +29

      Yeah that was europe
      Asia did it with herbs, animals and spices (mostly from himalays or Southern china)(that's how first branches of medecine was developed ayurved and Chinese branches)
      Sub saharans from forest produce
      And mayans who know they were murdered ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @imerror6224
      @imerror6224 3 роки тому +7

      Not all of Medieval Europe, the Byzantines were quite advanced in terms of medical knowledge and Medieval Italy wasn't that bad either.

    • @theentertainmentnation4694
      @theentertainmentnation4694 3 роки тому +3

      @@zekeross6542 Europe in the medieval time (dark ages) - Feudal Kingdom
      Europe after the dark ages - World Domination

  • @blazegeneration
    @blazegeneration 6 років тому +241

    As a pregnancy test It is said that Egyptians tied a very thin thread around the woman's throat. If the thread broke cause of thickening of the neck caused by hormonal changes it meant she was pregnant.

  • @kaziislam2785
    @kaziislam2785 6 років тому +693

    4:10 looks somebody's got twins in the oven.

  • @ashii1206
    @ashii1206 3 роки тому +23

    " I am the guardian of the Royal Asses! *FEAR MY WRATH* "

  • @mikeyd946
    @mikeyd946 5 років тому +16

    I wish I could travel back in time and see the day in a life or two of this ancient society. So incredibly intriguing!

    • @ultimatefirecracker1486
      @ultimatefirecracker1486 4 роки тому +3

      Mikey D Tell is what their race was too so we can put an end to the fake stories about them being whites.

  • @michaeldomeier
    @michaeldomeier 6 років тому +537

    Can you imagine a doctor telling you yeah it’s a tumor sorry gotta go. But still love the channel.

    • @karlacorona2186
      @karlacorona2186 6 років тому +25

      Michael Domeier Kinda still happens. . .

    • @goodgirlkay
      @goodgirlkay 6 років тому +26

      Michael Domeier definitive. It happens every day. Inoperable tumors today tend to be large and in a vital organ, like the brain, stomach or lungs. A tumor in the arm would not be considered inoperable.

    • @Siegram999
      @Siegram999 6 років тому +6

      atleast you know whats killed u and your not being shunned as cursed person :D

    • @SteppingStonevlogs
      @SteppingStonevlogs 5 років тому

      It would be depressing.

    • @funtimerhikes2330
      @funtimerhikes2330 5 років тому

      If I meet a doctor like that today in a private hospital I will literally scream EXCUSE ME WHO THE HECK IS PAYING YOU TO GET THESE PATIENTS CUREF

  • @CuriosityCulture
    @CuriosityCulture 6 років тому +2820

    Egyptians is the craziest and coolest civilization in history! I love it

    • @ArifRWinandar
      @ArifRWinandar 6 років тому +23

      "Cool"?

    • @Iarlen
      @Iarlen 6 років тому +19

      What part of it was ever crazy?

    • @ganeshr3493
      @ganeshr3493 6 років тому +95

      Erik Jarl urinating on seeds

    • @ganeshr3493
      @ganeshr3493 6 років тому +17

      Silk if something works that doesnt meant it isnt crazy.

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 6 років тому +9

      Harshil Patel Oh my God. You are here too?!

  • @HH-lr2zt
    @HH-lr2zt 4 роки тому +24

    "Patron of Physicians and Goddess of Venomous Creatures" is such an interesting combination to me.

    • @talknight2
      @talknight2 4 роки тому +4

      The difference between medicine and poison is dosage

    • @sO-mq6qh
      @sO-mq6qh 3 роки тому +1

      It's like the snake symbol at rhe pharmacy

  • @dr.stevephil6700
    @dr.stevephil6700 5 років тому +3111

    When you learn the ancient Egyptians had more workplace equality than Europeans in the 1800s...
    At least girls could be doctor

    • @MmmmChezburger
      @MmmmChezburger 4 роки тому +17

      Yeah

    • @mahmoudmahazm9631
      @mahmoudmahazm9631 4 роки тому +3

      Yes my friend

    • @jennifershay8980
      @jennifershay8980 4 роки тому +81

      Every civilization has its strengths and weaknesses but (compared to other ancient civs) their women had a fair amount of autonomy.

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +23

      Then you realise how history has actually been white washed to make greece greate (only white ancient civilization ) when in fact it was just mediocre at best

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +6

      @@jennifershay8980 Indus and Yellow river civilization had similar attributes the idea of subservient women came from greece due to lack of men

  • @RPDBY
    @RPDBY 6 років тому +2487

    no wonder life expectancy was so short

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 6 років тому +52

      You mean Greeks or people in Hallstatt ?

    • @kevinnelson6070
      @kevinnelson6070 6 років тому +226

      Much better than other civilisations at the time though.

    • @papendiayediouf5166
      @papendiayediouf5166 6 років тому +192

      RPDBY people will say the same about our modern medical practices 4000 years from now (if we haven't wiped ourselves throwing nukes at each other of course).

    • @doomgu544
      @doomgu544 6 років тому +26

      Akash Guha Thakurata who said anything about the west? Nobody understood a thing about medicine back then. Also, no, this was probably equal to western practices

    • @doomgu544
      @doomgu544 6 років тому +10

      Pape Ndiaye DIOUF No they won't because we actually understand our physiology and are able to treat our diseases and injuries at least competently. These people were literally doing nothing or worse.

  • @mostafasultan3049
    @mostafasultan3049 6 років тому +1879

    That was so good.
    I'm Egyptian and a lot of information are useful and interesting

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 6 років тому +96

      Mostafa a.ismael Yes, but you aren't ancient Egyptian you are Arab.

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 6 років тому +13

      gpadprenom Who are you talking to?

    • @parkerbollinger7279
      @parkerbollinger7279 6 років тому +60

      Mostafa a.ismael you're not Egyptian your people killed the Egyptians or force them to convert to Islam. Shame such a beautiful culture was destroyed by religious zealots

    • @sina7306
      @sina7306 6 років тому +26

      You ruined egypt

    • @mostafasultan3049
      @mostafasultan3049 6 років тому +121

      Parker Bollinger If you read the history you will say that the Egyptian culture was destroyed by the Romans after kilobatra and then Egypt became Christian then the Islam came and until now there are Christians all over Egypt and they are stall in safe you can ask any one about it
      They never have been forced to be Muslims

  • @aneeshm8308
    @aneeshm8308 5 років тому +28

    the narration was awesome and lively!!!!! i just felt like everything was going in front of my eyes......

  • @PlanetYokoshima
    @PlanetYokoshima 5 років тому +15

    I like how this is family friendly for any age. Well-done.

  • @alessandralerro6784
    @alessandralerro6784 6 років тому +500

    2:23
    The highest standard I will ever accomplish in life

  • @AM-yv4uh
    @AM-yv4uh 6 років тому +47

    I can binge watch Ted-Ed videos for hours. It's like watching cartoons plus learning new stuffs. Hats off to the whole team. 😊

  • @bettercetacean
    @bettercetacean 5 років тому +39

    *finds out she has a tumour* "ok you're screwed""

  • @chanelbaldisgfandwife9980
    @chanelbaldisgfandwife9980 3 роки тому +74

    Peseshet: Im a doctor.
    Curch: *BURN HER, ITS A WITCH*

  • @whereeveritgoes
    @whereeveritgoes 6 років тому +435

    At the end of the day, Peseshet returns home and stares into a movie on Netflix, as her mind wonders about the hefty tax she isn't able to pay.

    • @jonnypeter5435
      @jonnypeter5435 2 роки тому +1

      Scribes don't pay taxes. Kinda like Donald Trump

  • @lukasi6688
    @lukasi6688 6 років тому +397

    Does that fail-safe pregnancy test actually work? If not, why did ancient Egyptians practice it commonly enough to be featured as a usual thing in their daily life?

    • @ok0123lol
      @ok0123lol 6 років тому +450

      Scientifically, the fail-safe pregnancy test has shown 80% accuracy. Since high estrogen promotes seed growth.

    • @nd6112
      @nd6112 6 років тому +163

      70%*
      And they've made a video about it already..

    • @wurttmapper2200
      @wurttmapper2200 6 років тому +167

      It can predict if she is pregnant with 70% accuracy, but not the gender

    • @alexl1178
      @alexl1178 6 років тому +8

      neat

    • @carolynpitts2163
      @carolynpitts2163 6 років тому +35

      Actually this is scientifically proven as a fact like they've actually done this test with the whole urine and it actually works

  • @spencersatchell
    @spencersatchell 5 років тому +8

    Ive watched all your Egyptian Greek and Roman videos and theyre all wonderful. But your Egyptian lessons are my favourites and I hope there is more for me to look forward to in the future.

  • @clown445
    @clown445 5 років тому +16

    TedEd should make more ‘day in the life of’ videos. Their really fun and interesting.

  • @lifegamer6366
    @lifegamer6366 6 років тому +71

    don't ever stop this series! :D

  • @e.k.5145
    @e.k.5145 6 років тому +375

    i believe this kind of approach is so efficient for us as the new generation to bond with the ancient people because we often see them only as stories and myths involuntarily. good bonding with the old ones could trigger faster and more non-profit developments in human life

    • @McJethroPovTee
      @McJethroPovTee 6 років тому +11

      Freudian Factor Really weird for ancient people to be called "the old ones". Makes them kinda scary and lovecraftian

  • @maplegumm
    @maplegumm 5 років тому +1420

    Have a tumour on your arm?
    *deal with it*

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 роки тому +3

      Maple Gum 😂

    • @tatjanasiljeg2429
      @tatjanasiljeg2429 4 роки тому +2

      😜

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +7

      Well
      What would you do if you have no cure

    • @zekeross6542
      @zekeross6542 4 роки тому +7

      @@theclonetrooper992 exactly

    • @Tokuijin
      @Tokuijin 4 роки тому +5

      Well, trying to fix it would have killed the patient, so.....

  • @r34lest.rod05
    @r34lest.rod05 4 роки тому +38

    “I know exactly what to do!”
    *recites spell*

  • @jamesharlow5577
    @jamesharlow5577 6 років тому +577

    Pretty sure the kid who got stung, most likely died. Considering she just talked to the poison and tried to "cut" it out.

    • @user-mn9ts4xu8u
      @user-mn9ts4xu8u 6 років тому +149

      Edward Balcera “talked to the poison” i’m weak 💀💀

    • @preid122o
      @preid122o 6 років тому +96

      Scorpions are a lot less dangerous than you might think, and lancing a welt is hardly going to kill someone.

    • @baonkang5990
      @baonkang5990 6 років тому +292

      lol thats why the lady was asking about the pregnancy, to replace her soon to be very unalive boi

    • @daretheclaw
      @daretheclaw 5 років тому +40

      OMG I SHOULDN'T BE LAUGHING

    • @Elizabeth-eb9il
      @Elizabeth-eb9il 5 років тому +16

      My mom got stung my a scorpian but she survive because only one gender is venemous

  • @kaylawagner3295
    @kaylawagner3295 6 років тому +66

    The animation is done in both frontal and profile view, just like the images seen on real ancient Egyptian works! Good job, Ted Ed!

  • @mimikoshorts151
    @mimikoshorts151 2 роки тому +1

    i like the way that most of the videos are less than 5minutes.

  • @mhyageorges922
    @mhyageorges922 5 років тому +3

    This is honestly the best channel for education! Im in sixth grade, in my social studies/history class we are leaving about ancient civilization! This has helped me a lot and it's very fun.

  • @ahmedkamh8586
    @ahmedkamh8586 6 років тому +61

    Greatings from Egypt

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  6 років тому +16

      👋🇪🇬!

    • @ahmedkamh8586
      @ahmedkamh8586 6 років тому +7

      I love money over the history there alot of people came to Egypt and lived in it from many countries so it is difficult to know the real one and its a thing og racism so who was born in Egypt is simply Egyptian. THIS is only my opinion.

    • @brairbeauty5472
      @brairbeauty5472 6 років тому +2

      Akash Guha Thakurata exactly they were African

    • @arabatheist9557
      @arabatheist9557 6 років тому +1

      Ebk lol arab is an ethnicity while being Egyptian is a nationality.

    • @zblackphantom8349
      @zblackphantom8349 5 років тому

      @@arabatheist9557
      True and the modern day egyptian are ethinic to north africa not middle eastern arabs 68% of us are north african

  • @dust001
    @dust001 6 років тому +30

    Being an Egyptian doctor myself, I'm very proud of my job, my ancestors' great civilization and I'm so happy for a channel with such an educational content to exist..

    • @catz4eva794
      @catz4eva794 Рік тому

      ????

    • @dust001
      @dust001 Рік тому

      @@catz4eva794 Never mind I hate my job now

    • @catz4eva794
      @catz4eva794 Рік тому

      Why did you at me??

    • @dust001
      @dust001 Рік тому

      @@catz4eva794 Why did you reply to my comment??

    • @catz4eva794
      @catz4eva794 Рік тому

      @@dust001 bc i get notifications :D now im gonna pretend I never saw this :) good bye :D

  • @definitelyjustcj4148
    @definitelyjustcj4148 3 роки тому +12

    Imagine bleeding out to death just for a doctor to start speaking enchantment table

  • @joelGi
    @joelGi 5 років тому +10

    Imagine finding yourself in that world even for a day
    Would have been amazing to see

  • @williamnorton9547
    @williamnorton9547 6 років тому +11

    We've known about the ancient Egyptians' skills in architecture, mummification and a few other things, but we rarely knew how good they were at medicine.
    Such information helps to prove that the ancients were definitely smarter than they're given credit.

    • @lupe089
      @lupe089 5 років тому

      Study Imhotep, the true father of medicine who predated Hippocrates by at least 2,000 years.

    • @Hallows4
      @Hallows4 Рік тому

      They were particularly creative when it came to contraceptives and abortifacients. Obviously, not all of them worked, but their thought processes towards medicine were definitely advanced for their time.

  • @wafiqessop4034
    @wafiqessop4034 6 років тому +25

    Your animations are Tremendous. Easy for adults and kids to understand.

  • @helpful2627
    @helpful2627 10 місяців тому +3

    اشعر بالفخر لكوني مصرية ❤🇪🇬🇪🇬💫

  • @codboss7092
    @codboss7092 5 років тому +36

    do a daily life in ancient babylon

  • @DannyKeeley
    @DannyKeeley 6 років тому +161

    387 people got mis-diagnosed by her.

  • @spencerchristensuarez1490
    @spencerchristensuarez1490 6 років тому +57

    I was about to sleep when my UA-cam notif says TEDED uploaded a new video.

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 6 років тому +1

      Spencer Christen Suarez Add it to your watch later and go get some sleep.

  • @julieoloya2619
    @julieoloya2619 2 роки тому +5

    For broken bones, the people from Northern Uganda use a kind of herbs. They crush the leaves and plaster the broken part. instantly the leaf plaster sends cold sensation and the pain, even bleeding stop. The leaf-Plaster dries and become hard as a cast. Then arranges the bone into the original position. If put immediately, a compound fracture takes about a week or so and the broken part can be used. infact when you see the plaster dropping and can no longer hold, it means you are almost healed.

  • @cramerfloro5936
    @cramerfloro5936 4 роки тому +12

    1:32 "she tries to cut the venom out with a knife. For good mesure."
    You can never be too sure!

  • @Rhea390
    @Rhea390 6 років тому +9

    I love these "a day in the life of" videos. I would really enjoy seeing more

  • @GlukAlex
    @GlukAlex 6 років тому +79

    I have a question: why is ancient Egypt depicted as desert ?
    Like entire Sahara region it was full of vegetation and wild animals .
    It was a main source of grain for the Roman Empire for a long time before Arabs .

    • @ifeelsofancy2845
      @ifeelsofancy2845 5 років тому +4

      Like we care about that

    • @giasharie274
      @giasharie274 4 роки тому +1

      Are you sure?

    • @ThePsychoZbra
      @ThePsychoZbra 4 роки тому +14

      Yes the Sahara desert did not always exist. But that time was pre civilization. Civilization is marked by the beginning of agriculture and settlement which generally didnt occur until about 10,000 years ago (give or take around the world). This was after the ice age when worldwide climates began to warm. During this time the changing climate created the Sahara desert, and with the lush natural resources of plants and wild animals drying up, the growing Sahara desert forced the people who lived there outward towards coasts and rivers (water sources were necessary for life, agriculture, settlement, civilizations). Through sort of a luck of the draw, certain civilizations were more successful and powerful due to the locations their ancestral nomadic tribes travelled to and their proximity to major water sources (both for their ability to support crops and livestock to feed their people, but also for the ability
      to travel by water instead of on foot for trade, military tactics, and advancement by traveling and learning/sharing knowledge and culture with other Mediterranean societies), and they often gained further wealth and power by taking advantage of smaller weaker tribes and settlements in outlying, less habitable areas. Egypt was still mostly desert and their crops were supported by seasonal Nile flooding and engineered irrigation systems. These reasons are also why ancient Egypt is sort of the only ancient African civilization that most people around the world today are familiar with.

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex 4 роки тому

      it aint right unless it's a desert tbh

    • @giasharie274
      @giasharie274 4 роки тому

      @@ThePsychoZbra Interesting, I would like to investigate more about it, but from what I know now ( thanks to you ;)) I would say the reason why people didn't depict it as a place thriving with wildlife and instead as a desert, is because by the time the nomads started to settle and slowly form a civilization, most of it was gone.

  • @IansaurusRex
    @IansaurusRex 2 роки тому

    please make more of these day of the life series, its so interesting to watch and listen to

  • @linn8679
    @linn8679 3 роки тому

    When I was a child, I read about Ancient Egypt that ís really impressed me. I love all about Ancient Egypt: their knowlege, culture, myth, so on. This video take me back to my childhood. Thanks so much ❤️

  • @Seththeprince
    @Seththeprince 6 років тому +3

    I’ve been somewhat studying ancient Egypt for a few years, there was a some stuff in this video that I didn’t know. Thank you Ted Ed

  • @CRISIS.CR3ATOR
    @CRISIS.CR3ATOR 6 років тому +1723

    LoL 2:24

    • @selaniyahlapaige6193
      @selaniyahlapaige6193 6 років тому +31

      Crisis Creator ikr 😂

    • @ruthruthie2931
      @ruthruthie2931 6 років тому +83

      What kinda freaky stuff is this lol, peeing on seeds and booty planes.

    • @arujofied
      @arujofied 6 років тому +91

      In other words; he's a f*cking a-hole ahaha

    • @jagmuyco4843
      @jagmuyco4843 6 років тому +36

      I'd be sorry for myself if I was given that position now XD wahahahaha I wouldn't be so full of myself XD

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 6 років тому +7

      Jag Muyco Which is surprising how they are so full of themselves.

  • @tash8697
    @tash8697 5 років тому +3

    I love these animated history lessons, they're really so interesting to know

  • @starrynight5207
    @starrynight5207 3 роки тому +6

    peseshet: o magic conch, what do i do for this tumor?
    magic conch: do nothing

  • @eliblolo9714
    @eliblolo9714 6 років тому +113

    1:10 She knows exactly what to do...
    ... She must say an incantation.
    Lmao -.- ok.

    • @ZeroRekoning
      @ZeroRekoning 6 років тому +10

      I know right, I am really curious whether it works as a placebo effect and whether it actually works after cutting out the scorpion poison.

    • @bryleelogistics9007
      @bryleelogistics9007 6 років тому +1

      This happened when they worshiped gods

    • @ismael3259
      @ismael3259 5 років тому +4

      99% doctors of middle age did the exact same thing, but using jesus

    • @drea6131
      @drea6131 5 років тому +7

      @@ismael3259 because they didn't have any other cures for it so they used faith. If there is nothing you can do to cure it, it's quite common for people of religion to rely on faith. Even today.

    • @bennu547
      @bennu547 5 років тому +1

      And then she immediately pulled out a knife to drain the poison out of the wound. But yeah the incantation cured him

  • @danielr.
    @danielr. 6 років тому +151

    4:12 So she is pregnant! :D
    Congrats to the baby :)

    • @aggghghhdhg5065
      @aggghghhdhg5065 5 років тому

      O shiet

    • @obsidian9416
      @obsidian9416 5 років тому +14

      @BeanBlox Tato yep! She is pregnant with twins! Yay congrulations for her.

    • @Hx_jamie
      @Hx_jamie 5 років тому

      This is a joke

    • @seko0629
      @seko0629 5 років тому

      @BeanBlox Tato 0000000------------0000000000

    • @slaythotscringeguy6984
      @slaythotscringeguy6984 5 років тому +7

      Wait there is 4 plants she has quadruplets!

  • @thelaniakean7597
    @thelaniakean7597 5 років тому

    Every time I watch one of these videos it changes my perspective completely.

  • @ChandravijayAgrawal
    @ChandravijayAgrawal 2 роки тому +1

    This is going in my watch again list, just amazing collection of unique Doctor techniques if that time

  • @amoose8256
    @amoose8256 6 років тому +58

    Who’s watching this in 5000 BC

  • @a.mp.m507
    @a.mp.m507 6 років тому +3

    Im so happy my history teacher showed me this channel!💛 I love it and im a proud subscriber💛

  • @danielmorlan1558
    @danielmorlan1558 Рік тому

    This was excellent. Thank you so much for putting this kind of video together.

  • @heidyortega8164
    @heidyortega8164 3 роки тому +1

    I practice my English with these videos! Thanks.

  • @afnyarsad1492
    @afnyarsad1492 6 років тому +19

    Amazing!
    Thanks TED-ED

  • @nadiaidris2017
    @nadiaidris2017 5 років тому +2

    Do more of these , i love edition history and this was extremely well done and interesting

  • @madasahatter5514
    @madasahatter5514 5 років тому +60

    *Woman's son gets stung by deadly scorpion. "Oh my god my son's dying please help... Oh and can you check to see if I'm preggers too please" 😂

    • @MalekitGJ
      @MalekitGJ 4 роки тому +6

      Ancient Karen, noice. Its good to see her working on a replacement.

    • @Horologica
      @Horologica 3 роки тому +3

      Keeping tabs on the replacement

  • @johnfredrik5345
    @johnfredrik5345 6 років тому +21

    I love the art.

  • @varizza
    @varizza 6 років тому +60

    As cool as that time was, I'm happy we have modern medicine today.

  • @XTheXRizzaX
    @XTheXRizzaX 5 років тому

    Need more of these day in a life

  • @dustynordonez2640
    @dustynordonez2640 4 роки тому +1

    You guys make some amazing videos, i love every single one of them

  • @novafawks
    @novafawks 6 років тому +421

    Gonna find out if I'm pregnant. Will report back in a week or 2.

    • @overcookedwater1947
      @overcookedwater1947 6 років тому +19

      Nova Fawks so your gonna use the barley - emmer thing?
      Be sure to report back!

    • @rainerratul
      @rainerratul 6 років тому +6

      We'll wait 😸

    • @dreame3654
      @dreame3654 6 років тому +4

      Cant wait for the results.... xd..

    • @arir7216
      @arir7216 6 років тому +3

      Okay then XD

    • @novafawks
      @novafawks 6 років тому +78

      Apparently I'm having a boy.
      And I'm a male. O.o

  • @KawaiiSakura98
    @KawaiiSakura98 6 років тому +34

    i wonder if there may be something to the peeing on the seeds thing since there are certain chemicals present in the urine of pregnant women

  • @tyw7205
    @tyw7205 4 роки тому

    These videos are absolutely amazing, and very cool. Thank you TED-ED!

  • @AprilCroft
    @AprilCroft 4 роки тому

    I love this, wonderful animation and very informative, thankyou!