Ancient Egyptian wood sculpture
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2022
- In today's society, where the use of organic materials are prized for their biodegradable nature, it feels miraculous that objects made of one such material, that of wood, could have survived so many millennia. In this video Charis discusses the use of wood in ancient Egypt, focusing on a selection of objects that are on display at the gallery.
"That's not a butt plug! It's a... A uh, mallet!"
Fascinating to know there is wooden art from so very long ago!
Thank you.
Excellent!
People (especially us modern folks) often overlook the wonders of wooden sculptures
Yes, you can usually touch wooden artifacts without gloves because their surfaces are robust and not easily affected by the acidic exudations of fingers and palms. However, gloves are generally worn to protect objects, and exceptions may include two-dimensional paper-based collections and books. However, gloves can be necessary when handling objects that are fragile or susceptible to damage from skin contact, such as archaeological objects, metals, or objects with fragile pigments. Nitrile gloves are preferred by museum professionals because they provide better protection for a wider variety of objects.
wonderful.
She is good at her job.
Yea, telling lies.
Where was the wood imported from
Try carving wood with copper chisles and then try granite pyramids .
There's been some interest in that in recent years, and some good advances in showing how the Egyptians probably carved/sawed even the hardest stones using copper saws and drills supplemented with materials like quartz dust, which do the actual cutting.
a wood mallet was used to cut huge pieces of stone? uh...
She just said that it would've been used with a bronze chisel, people like you see what they wanna see and hear what they wanna hear...
Dear team, asked already. What is needed to export such objects to Germany? A passport like in France?
If an object costs over £65,000 then you would need a licence to export it out of the UK. To get the piece into Germany is needs to have documentation prior to 2007 to prove that it had left Egypt by this point. In theory there shouldn't be any issue getting the objects in this video into Germany.
@@rosetaylor2808 This is perfect! Thanks a lot. Ingo
😂That mallet was used to build pyramids😂
The hand figure is holding something.99% of all the Egyptian statues are holding this same device. It's either a religious symbol they believed in or it is symbolizing a mechanical device that was used create the statues and pyramids. Carve and move stone.
Hi
The description of the wooden mallet is correct in respect of what it is but it’s use would have been in all probability have been used for wood carving. The idea that it would have been used for stone carving with copper chisels is entirely fanciful, even the use of pounding stones is largely debunked the only people that still maintain that theory are Egyptologists.
How do you propose that they cut the large stone slabs for the pyramids?
@@rosetaylor2808 I make no assertion other than what Egyptologist claim and that is the use of pounding stones for the working of granite and limestone,the demonstrations by experts in this respect have been laughable at best and I look forward to a truly workable solution being demonstrated.
A wooden mallet is used up to this day for the working of wood and the idea that a scarce resource could be used to work granite is fanciful.
@@michaelwheatland4565 Pounding stones were certainly used in quarrying and shaping. Flint, copper alloys, abrasives also used.
BS
Im not trying to be a dick, and I usually like this channel, but why is archaeology the only science that doesn't have to test their theories? First of all, If you started as a child, with that "hammer" and a copper or bronze chisel, and tried to make just one of those huge blocks with it, you would die before ever completing even one of them. Second, I dont even think that's a hammer. See that part in the middle there? They probably has some kind of twine or rope wrapped around that like a spool or something.
Why did you jump from the wooden mallet to shaping large blocks?
@@Eyes_Open Have you seen Egypt? You should change your name bro. I only watched this video because the chick is kinda cute.
@@davidallard1980 She did not all say Egypt was built with that wooden mallet. Studies have been performed. Dolerite hammers combined with fire setting is effective for breaking apart granite in the quarries. Flint cuts granite and is found as a tool in the archaeological records throughout Egyptian history. Abrasives were used as a cutting agent for copper alloy saws and tube drills. The attractive speaker knows this I am sure. Why do you make comments if you do not?
@@Eyes_Open I don't even think that's a hammer bro. Look at at. Some ancient dude couldn't find his hammer, and grabbed a random tool, like I do. I usually use a big wrench or something, but that's a spool.. For sure. Then some archaeologist found it, saw it had hammer marks on it, and labeled it a hammer even though it isn't one. Then I saw a cute chick playing with tools, and wanted to watch the video. Its not complicated.
@@davidallard1980 I also grab the nearest object for hammering. However, this example is a mallet of a type used by Egyptian masons and carpenters.
Dear madam... that is not a wig, it is an afro !! the brown wood reflects the brown colour of the people. Wood sculptures are a big part of the whole of Africa, so it is a misunderstanding to connect this to the Mediterranean . This is ancient African culture and Art. Thank you for sharing the beauty. You are dressing your theories of the art asthough they are facts! This misidentification is theft , is dangerous and systemically racist. Ase
It is a wig. Many mummies have been found with wigs, most if not all ancient Egyptians wore wigs. It is not an Afro. The ancient Egyptians are unlikely to have been sub Saharan African (black).
Genetic testing in Akenhaten, Tutankhamen, Amenhotep III, and Hatshepsut have shown that they are not genetically sub Saharan.
These ancient statues were meant to be painted but obviously thousands of years have resulted in the skin tone having come off. Many of there statues still have traces of polychrome indicating the wood was not the intended aesthetic.
These are not “theories of art”. This trained expert probably knows more about the subject than you’ll EVER know. Considering you’re peddling such childish Afrocentric fringe theories it’s likely you gravitate towards biased nonsense to cement your bigoted views.
It isn’t systemic racism it’s just archeological fact.
@@henrylivingstone2971 so sorry Dude your so wrong it’s been proved that they are hiding something from the African peoples your wrong one it doesn’t Belong to anyone but Africa
@@henrylivingstone2971 It's an afro, you crazy white supremacist.
Are you a complete uneducated tool of are you just a mouthpiece for the political stupidity of the current system
Oh yup yup.... absolutely racist.....God damn whitey strikes again lmao
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