Ancient Egypt: The ADVENTURE Begins
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Leaving aside the common tourist routes, David Miano and Natalie Hilder venture deep into the Nile Delta, looking for ancient remains from the now-extinct cities of Sais, Buto, and Xois. See Egypt as you have never seen it before.
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This is the finest educational travel documentary about Egypt that I have seen in a long time. Excellent production and writing, a captivating story, and superb music choices. The quality is comparable to that of an Anthony Bourdain television program. It's educational, ticks all the boxes, and the inclusion of Rameses revenge only adds to its authenticity. It wouldn’t be the real Egypt without it. Bravo, David!
High-quality videos like this encourage people to visit Egypt and experience the culture.
I agree. I'm on holiday in Egypt without leaving my bed. Nice work Team💚🖤
Grifter nonsense. This archaic baloney is outdated.
@@dennissalisbury496you couldn't give me a ticket to Egypt
@@quartzite4845exactly
As an Egyptian i am amazed that you found the kafr el sheih museum as its not very touristy. And i can't wait for part two. Great work
Thanks for taking us along with you. This was a great format.
I visited Egypt in November 2022 and felled in love with it the culture, food and people. We navigated for 3 days up down the Nile River from Aswan to Luxor. It was amazing! I’d love to go back!
That's the best part of Egypt by far. If we had time, one could spend a year or more there! I can't believe some people go to Cairo, which I hated, and only see the Pyramids, maybe 1 or 2 museums, and perhaps the Kahn El Kalilli (sp?) Bazaar. We spent 3 weeks in Egypt, mostly between Aswan and Luxor, and we felt our trip was far too short!
I want to go Turkey and India now, but I have learned from Egypt, so I will wait until I can spend at least 2 months in each, an awfully expensive trip!
I might go back to Egypt too. From my limited travel I've learned that on the first trip anywhere, you learn about so much that you were unable to see the first time, and want to go back for. You can also navigate everything so much better the 2nd time, so maybe I should instead plan to take 2 trips to each place.
I'm sure dreaming! I'll be awfully lucky if I ever get off of N America again! LOL!
I'm going to Egypt tomorrow! But I will probably visit the Delta next year...✌️
Awesome name! Which part are you going to?
@@sarahrosen4985 Luxor, like every year. I will also stay in Abydos
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Watch out for Ramsey's revenge. 🧐👀🥵
ALL THE BEST ASG 👩🌾
@catman8965 Thanks Catman
Absolutely breathtaking. It's a shame that certain people today try and strip their incredible work from them and portray them as incapable of these works of art. You can tell those sculptures meant a lot to the people that made them. The ancient Egyptians were extremely dedicated and talented
Can not wait for 2d part and the rest of this amazingly educational journey
Thanks David and Natale for the great tour of The Nile Delta . With old and new blended in a wonderful format and off the beaten path. Can't wait for the next video.
Your channel has instilled a desire to travel to Egypt and tour everything.
Every season, The Doctor has a new and attractive assistant.
I loved the part of the kafir el sheikh museum. I read for 40 years about Egypt so is nice to see new things and places. Thank you sir!
I remember a pen and teller special they did about Egyptian magic. They only ate canned food and were the only ones on the crew not to get sick.
I was sick as can be for the whole month I spent in Egypt, despite being SO VERY careful, including tooth brushing! I could only eat once every 2 days, because every time I ate anything I got as sick as can be! My boyfriend ate all the same things, and so much more, but never got sick at all! So unfair!
Yes, we need more of these antiquity guide stuff! Love it!
The food in Egypt took me by surprise. It was terrific everywhere I went. It should have been no surprise, of course. They've been working on it for a long time.
It's great to see you there and that you are going 'off the beaten track.' Can't wait for your commentary.
My wife felt the same when she went on a tour of the Holy Land. In this case it was Palestine. She wasn't a fan of the Israelis' turning off the power and water.
@@davidmiller9485 I'm not a fan of many things the Israelis do, like electing a madman like Netanyahu, and comitting genocide on the Palestinians.
Hamas is guilty of a horrendous thing, but Netanyahu has been waiting for this excuse to kill Palestinians with bated breathe. He is a serial killer who hides behind his political office.
ALWAYS take the hat! 🙂
Well done - really looking forward to the rest of the series. Thanks Doc !
I am pleased that your guide has acknowledged that it is only the extremists that cause the problems between various religious beliefs. There are stories of how during WWII, the Muslims of northern Africa protected the Jewish population from the aggression of the Nazis. Since Judaism, Christianity and Islam all have their patriarchal base beliefs from Abraham, it is this power of the trinity that can overcome evil aggression.
I have to say - I had no idea you made videos like this - I came across you speaking on a webcam to other history UA-camrs. I'm so excited the detail and the adventure of this series!
Wonderful ❤
I love this video and I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
I’m here in Egypt for almost 6 months on this, my third time visiting this amazing place. I’m trying to learn Arabic while living in the village of Abydos where the Seti I temple is located. It is a very friendly place full of humble and loving people.
I don’t want to leave when my time is up in late March, and so I have decided to start bringing Americans to Egypt for tours.
I want to mix it up by not only bringing people to the ancient sites, but by doing a cultural tour and getting people closer to the locals, their markets, their food and their lives.
Abydos is amazing! I will always regret having been too sick to do anything there except stick by the washrooms and be in a daze. I was so sick the whole trip. I was only able to eat every second day, because on those days I was as sick as a dog, despite being so careful! My boyfriend ate all the same things, and was fine the whole time! Not fair!
The only time I have ever left Canada, and spent my life savings to do it, and half of it was a lost cause! I'd give anything to go back to Abydos. And I normally have a cast iron stomach too!
A word those with upset tummies. Imodium and things like it will prevent you from pooping. This means the bacteria are stuck inside that warm moist environment, and they multiply like crazy there! It's far better to let them out!
Imodium is only well suited for mild cases of diarhea. It's nearly impossible to judge it right though, so you need to be SO MUCH more careful than you could ever imagine with your diet and drinking (and tooth brushing)! And build in lots of time for sitting in a bathroom, so you don't miss connections.
If I ever get the chance to go back to Abydos I will. And I'll spend a week or more there, not just 1 day like we did last time.
@@cattymajiv I'm so sorry you got sick and I really hope you get a chance to come back. I don't know if you were on a big tour when you went last time, but I wanted to let you know how inexpensive Egypt is really is if you travel without an organized tour and just do it all alone. I get round trip tickets from the US for $700ish dollars and it costs me about $50 usd per day for everything, even less up in Cairo.
When I'm in Abydos, I stay here: ua-cam.com/video/ryit0V9XuLk/v-deo.html
Amazing work on this it should be on TV
I've often wondered how much more ancient Egypt lies hidden under the modern cities.
So so much! Same thing in many other places too!
Wonderful travel series and fabulous photography by Noah Frazier. Thank you particularly for mixing less well known sites with glimpses of modern Egypt! And insights into modern Egyptian culture.
really looking forward to part 2. I wish i could travel, not in the cards this time. thank you for taking us along with you and your companions.
That museum has some gorgeous pieces. Never seen most of those!
This man has such high quality content !!
Thank you!
@@WorldofAntiquity I’ll speak for everyone - you’re an absolute inspiration, and coming across your channel has allowed me to better understand the amazing cultures of antiquity but also appreciate the collective history humanity shares. Thank you.
This should have been an hour episode! Can't wait for part 2
Yes. Sometinmes people apologize for making longish videos, but if the content is good, the longer the better!
Keep it coming, Dr. Miano! Great video, as always.
So happy to see new, old things! :)
Thanks for bringing us along...
So happy you finally made it to Egypt! Hope there will be more vids from there.
More to come!
@@WorldofAntiquity Is this considered Season 3?
@@WorldofAntiquity ua-cam.com/video/WAyQQRNoQaE/v-deo.html
@@mattclarkson712 Yes
@@WorldofAntiquity've noticed through your content you have many civilizations but not much in Africa. Kerma lasted longer and if not older than most you posted plus it gives you a deep understanding of eastern African culture in relation to Ancient Nubia through Egypt. Throughout history the African Continent was known for the Matriarch as to was Egypt unlike the outsider influence that was Patriarch.
Thoroughly enjoyed this - Thanks for bringing us along! :)
It’s my dream to visit Egypt at least once in my life, so awesome! Thanks for the video!
Great video! I really enjoyed the fact you showed not only the museum and church but also the views from the car and also where you went for food. Looking forward to part 2!
Love your travel critiques as well as the history lessons! My 3 favorite things are travel, food and history. Thanks!
Thanks! I appreciate your original comments and your debunking efforts.
And thank you!
Yes, more ancient Egypt please! -A proud Copt! The Mother of The World, first came Egypt, then came history.
Actually, "history" started in Mesopotamia, since that's where writing was invented.
Egypt wasn't even the first civilization.
It's good to be proud of your heritage, but don't be too proud or you will end up saying silly things...
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Egypt’s humanity’s first NATION state. Last I checked, Mesopotamian civilization was composed of many independent CITY states.
Many Egyptologists, archaeologists, and others consider Egypt to be the first state in history. Archaeologists usually define states as being associated with urbanism, a governmental monopoly on the coercive use of force, elaborate public buildings and monumental architecture, and frequently, writing, hence why Egyptians justifiably boast “first came Egypt…”
@@dr.banoub9233 egypt is certainly the greatest of all states and potentially the first. However worth mentioning is that we dont know everything about mesopotamian civilization. And there is some suggestion that other states there were more connected that just being small city states.
Its just that egypt was the only one to survive the Bronze Age Collapse, because they had the food production and military capability to defend from the so called "sea people" (might have been my ancestors.....if it was.....woops. and sorry)
Regardless this makes egypt the most powerful nation state. But it may not have been the first or only one.
@@Sgt.chickens
Lol
@@Sgt.chickens
Egypt, est 3150 BC under Narmar, aka, Menes, first king of Egypt. No other nation existed contemporaneously to ours!
Absolutely terrific. Can't wait for the next one!
Hilarious introduction! Always an edifying pleasure to watch your travel videos.
Thanks for inviting us into your world. It's fascinating
This is AWESOME!!!!
Great production and especially great commentary. Would be amazing if this became a series. And wish more knew about this
Spread the word! 🙂
@@WorldofAntiquity Absolutely. General audiences need less pop-history and more accessible commentary from professors, scholars, and others who can provide findings from the academic consensus
The police not only make sure you get where you're going safe, but they also make sure you are going where you said you were going.
True actually
Wouldn't do to accidentally stumble into a pre-YD stele warehouse or ancient alien crash site. 😜
@@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer lmao
@@samyebeid4534 Why do they care lol
Amazing stuff. Archeology on youtube is filled with garbage. Your videos truly are a appreciated.
Thank you!
There are quite a few good channels. Off the top of my head there is the British Museum, the University Of Chicago and its Oriental Institute (2 seperate channels), The Museum Guide, Stephan Milo, Miniminuteman, Chris Naunton, The Study Of Antiquity And The Middle Ages (or SAMA), and The Fall Of Civilisations.
And of course the BBC, CBC, PBS, Smithsonian Institute. And so many more that I just can't remember them all! I'm sure others can name many more.
Excellent. You think it can’t get any better, then …. a new plateau. Great work, looking forward for more
Natalie is a fantastic addition.
This should have more views. Agree with Anxiety, Bourdain would have fit in to this cultural exultation brilliantly, but that only serves to state how comfortable it is to take this journey with y'all.
This is an absolute treat! Thank you!!
I am sooo jealous! I would love to visit Egypt in the future.
Thanks for taking us all along for such a wonderful ride! Love it!
I'm watching this just before dinner and I have to say the Egyptian cuisine really got my appetite going! I hope to one day work there as an archaeologist, looking forward to seeing more of your travels!
This was fascinating, David, thanks very much.
You're a really great presenter. Looking forward to Part 2 - would also like to see a programme on the classic site too.
Wonderful. Have been waiting to hear about your expedition
Wonderful video: I was in Egypt long, long ago, but mostly stuck to a more conventional route (Cairo, Giza, the main temple complexes). Going off the beaten path is making me want to return, Dr. Miano. Also, best pizza I've ever had, I had in Egypt, so the excellent food was not a surprise. Anyway, thanks.
Another area that might sound backwards the way upper/lower Egypt might is Cape Cod. The "lower cape" is the northern end of the peninsula and the "upper" area is the part that meets up with the rest of state. The idea here is that the peninsula looks like a human arm held as if flexing the bicep but with the normal relaxed position of the arm, the shoulder is the upper part and the fingers the lower part. Hence the upper cape looking like it should be called lower cape on just about any map.
addendum: There is also the mid cape, which roughly corresponds to the elbow.
Awesome guided tour! I would not have thought to visit Lower Egypt. You showed me the error of my ways. I can't wait until you visit (revisit?) Upper Egypt.
This is amazing! I enjoyed this a lot. I look forward to more videos like this. 🌝
The 1st minute reminds me of the time many many years ago when I went on an expedition in my basement looking for a shorter route to India. It was 74 degrees and party cloudy in my house when I returned famished and too exhausted to do the dishes - but i'd picked up a clean skillet somewhere along the way - and invented fried left over spaghetti. True story - sort of. thanks for another great video
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I believe that is the most beautifully decorated sarcophagus I have seen yet.
Excellent video David, I'm saying this even before I've watched it. Hello from Istanbul! I hope you had an easy transit. Sadly I'm writing just after a massive earthquake hit the south east of Turkey causing major damage and loss of life. Of course human life is the most important thing to think about, though I'm hoping that Göbekli Tepe didn't suffer damage. Anyway have a good day anf and I'm watching your video now.
This is so interesting! A road less travelled (by tourists), I suppose having a good guide is really important here! But I understand if someone goes to Egypt only once, they want to see the "big" things (literally, like the pyramids, the Karnak temple...) and might not have time to visit other places. All the better to see it here in this video then!
The stuffed intestines, isn't that what sausages are too, in the end? Just with different stuffing I guess :D
Fascinating stuff, I have always been totally fascinated by ancient Egypt, never been, but these videos sure are close to being there, thanks so much for this! I will be watching.
Great start to what promises to be a very interesting series 👍👍
Thanks David!!! I have plans to go next February for 28 days!!! I will be staying at a family owned hotel that had great reviews and low prices. I figured that I would only get to visit once, so I thought I’d do it up!! Love your videos!! I’m going to Mexico City in a couple weeks to see the 2 pyramids around the city and staying a week. Lots of street tacos!!! Love to talk to you after I get back and definitely before I go to Egypt!!! Take Care!!!
Please tell me, and all of us, which hotel that is. You'd be doing an immense service to us all, including the hotel!
@@cattymajiv it was going to be the Horus Guest House Pyramids View but I have than a new job and won’t be going for a couple years.🤞🤞🤞🤞 I did go to Mexico City for a couple weeks and took the tour of Teotihuacan and stayed at J Towers!! I hope that helped!!!! Have fun traveling!! We have a Wonderful world to visit!!
I literally just got back from Belize, which your Maya videos inspired me to visit. Saw ATM Cave, Barton Creek Cave, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, Lamanai, Tikal...now I gotta find the time and money to go to EGYPT?
It seems that wine was traded into Egypt during the Early Dynastic Period but I still have figured out exactly from where. I think it was from Byblos, but that’s one of the things I want to find out! If you have any information about that, I’d love to hear about it!
It’s funny how people think that every conquest brings whole new groups of people and replaces the old. I suppose that is because of what happened in the Americas. That was actually more of an anomaly.
😄😄😄😄🤣😄🤣🤣🤣👆 that introduction rocked!
That opening was great! Love the video, David!
Well done David! I weirdly enjoy travel documentaries but dissecting it, culture, food and (importantly) history is what I actually enjoy! Very envious of you and your party. The point you made about modern day Egyptians is insightful too - I am British yet I have no more a direct connection to Stone Henge as the current population of Egypt has to the Pyramids. Lot of water under the bridge there on both sides. Looking forwards to part 2!
Just wondering was Salisbury always inhabited and have a continuous history since the Stonehenge was built? Like kingdoms, rulers, cities, recorded activities of its people?
Very few people know about the tomb of Psusenes. Can't wait for the next episode! I'm really glad you got to travel to Egypt.
Very nice and informative video, showing the different places that are not famous was a great idea
I really like your videos! They never cease to amaze. They are of the highest quality. I also like the vest you were wearing in the intro
A nice documentary. To visit Egypt, I may do some research, but I certainly will ask someone like Ehab to guide the trip.
All guides there are required to complete 2 years of college, so it's not hard to find a good one.
We went with American Express for a Iot of our arrangements, because they have offices all throughout the country, just in case there was a problem, so that they would sort it out for us, because corruption and incompetence are rampant there.
I wish I could give you the number of our wonderful and knowledgable guide named Maha, but I lost her number. I wish you a wonderful trip!
Really enjoying this, excited for part 2!
This was a boon for us, your viewers, that you got to do this. Thanks so much for sharing.
I've been reading Wonderful Things, a recent 2 volume history of Egyptology, that is terrific.
looking forward to watching this one, especially. Your "on the road" of the Mayan lands was superb.
Love love love it!!! Well worth the tortured wait! Can’t wait for the next! Thanks!
Always bring the Hat, great content as usual please do more.
Thank you for this!! Absolutely enjoyed it!!
Yes! Thank you for making more of this series
Oh yeah let's go, Dr. David!
So glad to see more travels, loved your previous series so much
Thanks, can't wait for the next
Love your work Doc. We've never been treated to a tour of Egypt like this!
Love it, now I wanna go too!
Wow David just fantastic to see you and Natalie in the country that I enjoy, I didn't know about the new museum I don't really know alot about the delta part of ancient egypt but I have heard of some of the places . The experience that you and Natalie had at the museum would have been really good, the Coptic church would have been an awesome experience as well looking forward to seeing the next episode.
Great! Excited for this
Please, we need part 2 ASAP🤩
Great video! Looking forward to the rest of the series
Everyday is a holiday and ever meals a feast ... appreciate the concept of staying on point
As today, there were different stone craftsmen for the various types of work especially for granite. There are the quarrymen, the shapers, fir creating either the slabs used for steles or blocks used for statuary. There are also various types of stone carvers. Those that specialized in Hieroglyphs and those that created the statues. In other stone materials such as limestone there were also architectural stone carvers that created capitals for pillars. The methods and styles changed throughout the various periods but most of the techniques remained the same. The thing that the extraterrestrial You Tubers are always amazed at, was the polishing techniques. Despite that the various grades if grinding and polishing mediums still exist in modern stone work. Coarse sand scraping up through the finest grades with some if the finest grades coming from the same deserts as the archaic green glass of the south west of Egypt. This sand also contains high levels of nano diamonds. These hexagonal diamond forms can polish granite to an almost mirror finish. It is these sands that confuse people that claim that only modern diamond tooling can produce such artifacts.
They are sheer idiots. Gullible as hell, without any ability to think. I get angry just thinking of the people who spread such obvious garbage.
This is just great! I missed more than half of Egypt by starting in Cairo and going south from there. The Egyptians are very friendly and accommodating. Just like Persians and Turks they take umbrage at being referred to as Arabs. I had acquired a pith helmet, but found it too hot to wear, preferring a keffieh, what a pithy! The Egyptians found my rudimentary Arabic charming, as Saudi accented as it was, and because I could play the bargaining game in the souk. The food was great, but I declined to try pigeon and any sort of entrails, however, the other food in a well known Cairo restaurant that specialized in pigeon was fantastic.
Your videos are always interesting, Professor Miano. I look forward with great anticipation for the coming batch!
My boyfriend hated bartering and found it stressful, but I recognized quickly that it's a friendly game, and I enjoyed it a lot!
@@cattymajiv Bargaining isn't just a North African and Middle Eastern thing, even many of the politeness customs are very similar. Not wearing your shoes into a house is the same in the Middle East, Japan and Korea, ditto bowing and allowing an older person to pass through a door, etc.
I had a person in the Bazaar approach me and whisper* "how do you know our customs so well, how long have you lived here?" I confessed that I didn't know much about the Middle East, but had lived in Korea and Japan and was using their customs.
*Whispering is considered very rude, it was what we might consider a whisper, but was just quiet conversational tone.
this is cool. u should do more travelodge history vibe like this...
And I'd genuinely would liked to have traveled with you on this journey, or Ireland.
Fantastic! Thanks for adding the food for us foodies!
I enjoy your Travel Guide series and my interest was piqued even more by the destination. I adore ancient places and their history, which you present in a very easy to watch manner. I was shocked at how much the place has changed since i visited in the 80’s and 90’s. All the more reason to return. As with your previous trip to the Central American regions in which the “Mayan” cultures flourished you have again made me start itching to get travelling again. I look forward to the next instalment. Right now i must get something to eat…. my stomach is rumbling after watching your delicious looking mealtime. Cheers David!
😮😮😮😮😮 I was gonna just type these awed looking silly emoji's as my comment but I can't. This was done really really well.....very engaging......felt like I was right there......love how you covered the many aspects of your excursion ......your thoughts and impressions of the people....the culture....way back when and now .....the museums and artifacts ....and omg that food 😋😋😋.....McD's and KFC??? where's the bulldozer? I'm pretty sure of this.....theres no way I could only be in such a museum for under a few hours if not a day.....great work....thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
I promised myself I wouldn't cry.
Love your videos you should add Hindi subtitles lots of love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Quite a good book on ancient Egypt, considering that it is a book for the broader public, is also this one from the Egyptologist Piotr O. Scholz. I have it in the German version and it I found only one mistake in it (don't remember what it was). Title: "Ancient Egypt (Crash Course Series)". It is a modern-style book where pictures and text and info boxes are arranged over the pages, attracting interest to this or to that aspect. But it is not selling the subject under value, quite the opposite.
Fantastic video. Thanks.
Natalie is a stunner by the way.