WANT TO BINGE ON CONSERVATION AND JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE? We have two other conservation series that you can watch EVERY episode of. That's all of them. Conservation of a Roman Urn: ua-cam.com/play/PL0LQM0SAx601P3q86NZOaPvRZ72c6P1o_.html Conservation of a Tangy Dynasty Tapestry: ua-cam.com/play/PL0LQM0SAx602PTJ1OHYsMnIybgkbNfPpv.html
What a creative (and a refreshing one at that) way of presenting all of the information and clips. A bit of humour and clever story telling made this a great watch.
How interesting! And, also interesting how the video editing can change the feel of a “documentary.” Great work! I look forward to watching the rest of the series.
At first, I was a bit taken aback by the rather .. unorthodox narrative style and editing of the video, but by the end I was fully engaged! Feels like a breath of fresh air to rejuvenate the tried and true UA-cam documentary format. :) Will be looking forward to future episodes!
I Saw episode 2 first and then had to find this - the ONLY gripe I have is that it’s not long enough!! Love the ‘new’ way of starting this type of video - throughly enjoyed the showing of the editing - and the subject is great too!! Hope you’ll make more like this!!
Blimey the ‘stolen’ brigade are here early! Maybe they didn’t see the part where it was bought. Im at a loss to understand why some think all items belong in their land of origin. The amount of artefacts in Egypt that aren’t on display is likely higher than the entire British museum put together. Theres plenty for everyone and its a great thing they are being preserved and protected by great institutions like the British Museum
They're saving it ffs. Why can't people get passed the stolen thing. Yes this happened in the past, yes it was wrong. However also there a lot a real lot of artifacts around that wouldn't be here now if they weren't bought or unfortunately taken. Not ideal but I'd rather that than it get stolen by someone who would sell it on the black market where it'd disappear for ever, never to be leart from. And yes if people want to moan about museums buying artifacts from other countries selling off their history to the highest bidder then moan to their governments and the people who sold them and would have sold them anyway.
@@itarry4 foreign power invades your country, kills your countrymen, subjugates your people and steals your historic and cultural artificts and you expect them to just get over it? how are you this much of an imbecile. the correct answer is to return it from whomever the british stole it from, not "why can't you just get past it"
@@Kyle-gw6qp how was the stuff they built stolen, they built the Suez Canal, and it provided jobs, and made it possible for trade to occur from Europe to India easier through sea, and without having to take the cape of good hope. They helped the Egyptian people so much by making the canal. If it didn:t exist they all would've been a far poorer country. So much of the world's trade flows through there.
I really like it! It is a glimpse into the editing work that goes in to making these and has the added benefit of adding some narration to tie everything together.
I wonder if the missing mummy would have been a person considered well-connected at the time and a person of wealth? Perhaps this possible wealth would be an indicator as to why the mummy is missing? Some precious stones, gems and precious metals were fitted into the mummies wrappings, hence the taking of the mummy was profitable?
... :-)... British museum, good video! I'm glad you like history.... Someone at your Museum should look into the plain of jars in Laos.... I have studied them for about 65 years.... Most logically and plausibly, they are a work of art from an ancient opium culture. I believe they are giant commemorative poppy pod shaped household opium containers, scattered randomly, like Fallen poppies would do.... They are not for burials, or for liquids, or for foodstuffs.... they are in the Golden Triangle, a center of opium culture.
It was a neat idea, and I'm all for experimentation, but I found the framing device of the editing to be distracting and frustrating. Episode numbers are needed in the titles
An amazing amount of hype for so little actual content I wont bother watching this woman again What a pity I normally love the British Museums offering !
Maybe I'm way off base to ask, but I want to learn. Wouldn't it be best practices to be wearing a face mask to prevent droplets of saliva from being sprayed over the cartonnage? It just seems like a good thing to do. Also, some kind of gloves to prevent oils from the hands to get on it. Thank you!
She is shown wearing a mask when she is working on it. Thankfully we will get to 'peer' the conservator's shoulder. As a bit off base myself, I watched a video a while ago explaining why you don't always wear gloves while handling old books. As far as I remember, it is a combination of, some papers are not as sensitive to the oils etc on hands and the reduction in dexterity can lead to damage of fragile pages. (If I am misremembering, someone please correct me)
From Verena: Thank you for your comment. As a general rule, we usually do wear masks and gloves when treating or handling objects. We carefully assess the risk to the object (but also to the conservator) on an object-by-object basis. This might take into account considerations such as type of object, how close we get to the object but also what the real risks and implications of contaminating the object are. Often when carrying out treatments we aren’t actually touching the surface of the object with our hands, but using tools such as fine brushes, tweezers or spatulas.
As an Egyptian, I appreciate the effort done by the British museum in conserving these priceless pieces of history. However i hope to see the day where these artefacts are returned to where they rightfully belong.
Obviously I don’t mean that they should return the sarcophagus to the tomb where it was originally found. I meant that the British museum should perhaps return some of Egypt’s artefacts to Egypt. New museums have been constructed throughout the country and Egypt is today more than qualified to be able to display and preserve its own history.
@@OMAR-sn8ch So "Take this before we destroy it, but give it back as soon as we decide it's worth keeping, and thanks for conserving it in the meantime."?
But doesn't history belong to everyone? I understand you are proud of your nation and heritage as am I, but in todays times, after losing so many people to this horrific virus, surely the world and its history belongs to us all. Its time to break down the barriers not start building more
Sorry, but doing a video showing the video editing and the editor sitting in their attic office looking as though they haven’t brushed their hair in a week as the narrator is NOT my idea of a good video! ESPECIALLY as we are presented lots of little graphics that we can’t really see. Give us more time on footage of the cartonnage moving around it please….
Wouldn't it have been useful to define what a cartonnage is? You'd hope that viewers, when confronted with an unfamiliar term, would use the greatest reference tool ever created and which is literally at their fingertips to look it up (as I did) but one can hardly rely on the common sense of online randos...
As an online rando, I second this. I spent much of this video wondering what a cartonnage is, and how it is distinct from a sarcophagus. I can only assume that the good people at the museum are so familiar with the term, it didn't occur to them that we regular folk aren't as well informed.
Tell me why, can’t we just leave them be? Must we dig up every one and put them on display? I don’t suppose the body will be reunited with the coffin and reburied.....
"Great Britain" or "the greatest thief in history" They must finally give back those looted artefacts, it's ridiculous how they welcome thousands of tourists in their museum daily to proudly present the stolen African and asian artefacts. That's pure criminality!
It's neither, but if you like Sue and Irv you should like John and Verena. Irv and Sue will be returning in about 3 weeks time for an entirely different series
Could you kindly explain why you think it was ever stolen. After it was excavated it was sent to Cairo, where it was purchased from the Cairo Museum by Frederick Wingfield Digby. I don’t know anything about this save for what is said in the video but it seems like you know more and I’d be grateful if you would kindly enlighten me.
This is a coffin, not a mummy. The mummy's whereabouts are unknown to the museum, as was said in the video. The video also explains how the coffin came to leave Egypt, which was not through theft.
It’s annoying why someone would be wearing a hat inside, either at work or home. Cosy way of telling a story but it would much more informative to see the early photos directly, at each stage rather than just oblique views of them. There always seems to be too much left out of these documentaries which I find very frustrating.
WANT TO BINGE ON CONSERVATION AND JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE? We have two other conservation series that you can watch EVERY episode of. That's all of them.
Conservation of a Roman Urn: ua-cam.com/play/PL0LQM0SAx601P3q86NZOaPvRZ72c6P1o_.html
Conservation of a Tangy Dynasty Tapestry: ua-cam.com/play/PL0LQM0SAx602PTJ1OHYsMnIybgkbNfPpv.html
Return the marbles
-UK citizen
Return all these treasures stolen throughout colonisation. They don't belong to you.
What a creative (and a refreshing one at that) way of presenting all of the information and clips. A bit of humour and clever story telling made this a great watch.
s**t
I love the dry joke at the first. “We’re making a new series......I mean, this....this is the new series, right now.”
Thank you for opening with the editor!
I really love how you're editing this. Oh and the topic is interesting af
Really appreciate you showing us this, thoroughly enjoyed it. Am looking forward to the rest of the series.
Unique. Enjoyed the presentation
That's one way of describing the presentation. Another would be weird.
Behind behind the scenes
I don't quite agree, unfortunately. I couldn't really focus on the speaker's words because I got distracted of what happened on screen.
@@Salsabil007 I've found these tactics help with concentration.
Just use one earphone.
Use closed caption.
Rewatch the video.
Avoid commenting.
@@carnsoaks1 why're you so aggressive, The above person was just giving their opinion.
Loved the POV perspective from the filmmaker! Super interesting introduction and perspective on behind the scenes works at the BM. 😉
It would be amazing to come to the museum and see all the wonderful exhibits in person and visit the vaults of hidden treasures are stored ❤️
I would love to as well, but also I’d kill to get into the back rooms where they do all the real work. That’s 100% my bag.
I love all of the conservation programs. Thank you!
What an interesting way to make a video.
I like it!
How interesting! And, also interesting how the video editing can change the feel of a “documentary.” Great work! I look forward to watching the rest of the series.
Love the way of narration! Can't wait for more!
At first, I was a bit taken aback by the rather .. unorthodox narrative style and editing of the video, but by the end I was fully engaged! Feels like a breath of fresh air to rejuvenate the tried and true UA-cam documentary format. :) Will be looking forward to future episodes!
I Saw episode 2 first and then had to find this - the ONLY gripe I have is that it’s not long enough!!
Love the ‘new’ way of starting this type of video - throughly enjoyed the showing of the editing - and the subject is great too!!
Hope you’ll make more like this!!
A unique presentation format! The dry humor was well received.
I'm looking forward to this. Thanks and I like the new presentation style.
Please no more of this style!
Very excited for this new series!
Only a glimpse, how tantalising but awfully exciting.
So excited to binge watch this series! I love all things Egypt. Looking forward to seeing the crocodile mummy!
Great to see to something slightly different. More Roux!
Great stuff. Keep up the good work
Wow. That was a fascinating bit of editing. Great to see such creativity. Thanks.
Blimey the ‘stolen’ brigade are here early! Maybe they didn’t see the part where it was bought. Im at a loss to understand why some think all items belong in their land of origin. The amount of artefacts in Egypt that aren’t on display is likely higher than the entire British museum put together. Theres plenty for everyone and its a great thing they are being preserved and protected by great institutions like the British Museum
@@pekirt Stuff we built was stolen too. The Suez Canal was stolen.
They're saving it ffs. Why can't people get passed the stolen thing. Yes this happened in the past, yes it was wrong. However also there a lot a real lot of artifacts around that wouldn't be here now if they weren't bought or unfortunately taken. Not ideal but I'd rather that than it get stolen by someone who would sell it on the black market where it'd disappear for ever, never to be leart from. And yes if people want to moan about museums buying artifacts from other countries selling off their history to the highest bidder then moan to their governments and the people who sold them and would have sold them anyway.
@@pekirt They have sold them anyway, would you rather they ended up disappearing in to the black market never to be studied?
@@itarry4 foreign power invades your country, kills your countrymen, subjugates your people and steals your historic and cultural artificts and you expect them to just get over it?
how are you this much of an imbecile.
the correct answer is to return it from whomever the british stole it from, not "why can't you just get past it"
@@Kyle-gw6qp how was the stuff they built stolen, they built the Suez Canal, and it provided jobs, and made it possible for trade to occur from Europe to India easier through sea, and without having to take the cape of good hope. They helped the Egyptian people so much by making the canal. If it didn:t exist they all would've been a far poorer country. So much of the world's trade flows through there.
I really enjoy this format, with the filmmaker/editor acting as the MC.
Everyone loves all the "Classic" mummies, but when I try to make some, it's a "crime" and "monstrous". Hypocrites.
box freezers are not the same 🤣
Lolol.
Yep, it is new. And it is just the content I was waiting for
Viedo editing is fantastic and engaging
I like the editor personality, but it's a really odd framing device. Why did you decide to do the video this way?
I really like it! It is a glimpse into the editing work that goes in to making these and has the added benefit of adding some narration to tie everything together.
This is certainly an interesting editing style
I assume that you're using 'interesting' in the standard British English way, where it means "I don't like it". I agree, this is very interesting (o;
Loving the 4th wall breaks
Love the editing on this !
Awesome video !!
Great narration! Can’t wait for the series. I see a NY Yankees ⚾️ 🧢 ! Is the editor a baseball ⚾️ fan or just like New York?
Is there more of this? I love it!
How exciting!
y'all know full well that the mummy was probably sold off bit by bit or ground into mummy dust for whacko victorians lmao
I really want to go back in time to that sale room....
Endless wonders
When will we get the last episode!?!?!
I wonder if the missing mummy would have been a person considered well-connected at the time and a person of wealth? Perhaps this possible wealth would be an indicator as to why the mummy is missing? Some precious stones, gems and precious metals were fitted into the mummies wrappings, hence the taking of the mummy was profitable?
... :-)... British museum, good video! I'm glad you like history.... Someone at your Museum should look into the plain of jars in Laos.... I have studied them for about 65 years.... Most logically and plausibly, they are a work of art from an ancient opium culture. I believe they are giant commemorative poppy pod shaped household opium containers, scattered randomly, like Fallen poppies would do.... They are not for burials, or for liquids, or for foodstuffs.... they are in the Golden Triangle, a center of opium culture.
Well done!
You've had your fun with our stuff now give us our stuff back
thanks for sharing
It was a neat idea, and I'm all for experimentation, but I found the framing device of the editing to be distracting and frustrating. Episode numbers are needed in the titles
Roux you rock!
Pity someone broke open the cartonnage and removed the mummy: that's a lot of historical information lost.
An amazing amount of hype for so little actual content I wont bother watching this woman again What a pity I normally love the British Museums offering !
Thank you, I know how to pronounce that word now
Some guy thousands of years ago: this pyramids will protect my afterlife
British museum: lol get fucked
Great. What's a cartonnage?
I don't understand why so much conservation is going into this sarcophagus. Was the person important? Just curious.
Did anyone else though that the mummy was unwrapped and eaten by victorian's? 🙈
Maybe I'm way off base to ask, but I want to learn. Wouldn't it be best practices to be wearing a face mask to prevent droplets of saliva from being sprayed over the cartonnage? It just seems like a good thing to do. Also, some kind of gloves to prevent oils from the hands to get on it. Thank you!
She is shown wearing a mask when she is working on it. Thankfully we will get to 'peer' the conservator's shoulder. As a bit off base myself, I watched a video a while ago explaining why you don't always wear gloves while handling old books. As far as I remember, it is a combination of, some papers are not as sensitive to the oils etc on hands and the reduction in dexterity can lead to damage of fragile pages. (If I am misremembering, someone please correct me)
@@ptonpc I've heard the same thing. They just ask you to wash your hands and make sure they are try before touching the books
@@AirQuotes Thanks :)
From Verena: Thank you for your comment. As a general rule, we usually do wear masks and gloves when treating or handling objects. We carefully assess the risk to the object (but also to the conservator) on an object-by-object basis. This might take into account considerations such as type of object, how close we get to the object but also what the real risks and implications of contaminating the object are. Often when carrying out treatments we aren’t actually touching the surface of the object with our hands, but using tools such as fine brushes, tweezers or spatulas.
As an Egyptian, I appreciate the effort done by the British museum in conserving these priceless pieces of history. However i hope to see the day where these artefacts are returned to where they rightfully belong.
JC, its a tomb
edit: yall didn't get the reference... "*lip smack* what a shame"
@@u0000-u2x And it's under water.
Obviously I don’t mean that they should return the sarcophagus to the tomb where it was originally found. I meant that the British museum should perhaps return some of Egypt’s artefacts to Egypt. New museums have been constructed throughout the country and Egypt is today more than qualified to be able to display and preserve its own history.
@@OMAR-sn8ch So "Take this before we destroy it, but give it back as soon as we decide it's worth keeping, and thanks for conserving it in the meantime."?
But doesn't history belong to everyone? I understand you are proud of your nation and heritage as am I, but in todays times, after losing so many people to this horrific virus, surely the world and its history belongs to us all. Its time to break down the barriers not start building more
Sorry, but doing a video showing the video editing and the editor sitting in their attic office looking as though they haven’t brushed their hair in a week as the narrator is NOT my idea of a good video! ESPECIALLY as we are presented lots of little graphics that we can’t really see. Give us more time on footage of the cartonnage moving around it please….
WOW🤩 NOT LOOTED🎉🎉
Wouldn't it have been useful to define what a cartonnage is? You'd hope that viewers, when confronted with an unfamiliar term, would use the greatest reference tool ever created and which is literally at their fingertips to look it up (as I did) but one can hardly rely on the common sense of online randos...
As an online rando, I second this. I spent much of this video wondering what a cartonnage is, and how it is distinct from a sarcophagus. I can only assume that the good people at the museum are so familiar with the term, it didn't occur to them that we regular folk aren't as well informed.
Tell me why, can’t we just leave them be? Must we dig up every one and put them on display?
I don’t suppose the body will be reunited with the coffin and reburied.....
Did you miss the bit where if it hadn't been excavated it would be under water by now?
because people in power have no respect for anything, thats why they are in power. steal steal steal steal
They don't care. They're dead. We are not dead. We do care. Why shouldn't we learn? No one is being harmed.
A bit hard when the mummy is unknown and the burial tomb under the Aswan Dam. How do you propose to fulfil your desire?
Astonishing that the majority of the damage and degradation occurred after discovery.
"Great Britain"
or
"the greatest thief in history"
They must finally give back those looted artefacts, it's ridiculous how they welcome thousands of tourists in their museum daily to proudly present the stolen African and asian artefacts. That's pure criminality!
So, it's a Greek Expat burial practice?
Christ, they have started already ‘stolen stolen’ they all shout. Go home!
i can only guess how they acquired their old ones
Same with the Lourve
Harvard Harvard Larva yard. Corruptors of time, politic and penal codes.
It belongs backs Egypt.
It was sold by the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. They no longer wanted it!
Better be Irving or Sue.
It's neither, but if you like Sue and Irv you should like John and Verena. Irv and Sue will be returning in about 3 weeks time for an entirely different series
I managed.
MOST OF THE STUFF IN THIS MUSEUM IS STOLEN WHEN WILL YOU RETURN IT !
Funny girl
"How we stole yet another artefact"
Could you kindly explain why you think it was ever stolen. After it was excavated it was sent to Cairo, where it was purchased from the Cairo Museum by Frederick Wingfield Digby. I don’t know anything about this save for what is said in the video but it seems like you know more and I’d be grateful if you would kindly enlighten me.
This wasn't stolen. Some artifacts were taken in dubious circumstances. This is not one of them.
@@Ozz527 hold on there tiger, don’t spoil the fantasy of Heisenherb.
Spoiler alert: The museum probably stole it.
The word acquired is being toss around a lot in this video...
“new acquisition” by the british museum aka “newly stolen cultural artifact”
Return the marbles
stealing a new mummy :D
This is a coffin, not a mummy. The mummy's whereabouts are unknown to the museum, as was said in the video. The video also explains how the coffin came to leave Egypt, which was not through theft.
It’s annoying why someone would be wearing a hat inside, either at work or home.
Cosy way of telling a story but it would much more informative to see the early photos directly, at each stage rather than just oblique views of them.
There always seems to be too much left out of these documentaries which I find very frustrating.
Oh, so a theft then. Ok.
No. Digby bought it from Cairo Museum. If you want to know why they saw fit to sell of their national treasures, best ask them.