Egyptologist Answers Ancient Egypt Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
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Published 2024-03-12
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Louville Moore
Talent: Laurel Bestock
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production & Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Anne Marie Halovanic
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow
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0:00 Your ancient Egypt questions answered
0:12 The beginnings of ancient Egypt
0:51 How the sphinx lost its nose
1:38 How did ancient Egyptian language sound?
2:25 Ancient Egyptian tech we still use today
3:04 Were there bars in ancient Egypt?
3:45 How accurate is Assassins Creed Origins?
4:35 Why is King Tut so popular?
5:45 How the Great Pyramid of Giza was built
7:20 Who was the best pharaoh?
7:54 Do the pyramids in Egypt match the ones in Mexico?
9:13 Why did ancient Egypt fall?
9:27 Wait, Cleopatra was Greek?
10:05 Ancient Egyptian innovations
10:41 We deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
11:23 Ancient Egyptian art
12:14 Mummies…why
13:30 Ancient Egyptian brain extraction
14:02 What did ancient Egyptians eat?
14:47 How did the Rosetta Stone decipher hieroglyphs?
16:00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
16:50 Scarabs in ancient Egypt
17:24 Women’s stature in ancient Egyptian society
17:49 Did ancient Egyptians like sex? (Yes)
18:22 Do all ancient Egyptian deities have animal heads?
18:53 New tech leads to new discoveries
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All Comments (21)
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This lady was very nice to answer the questions based on Ancient Aliens without rolling her eyes and sighing.
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That fact always makes me laugh Cleopatra was a lot closer to the foundation of pizza hut than the foundation of the pyramids
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the audacity of people talking to a specialist starting with "did you know"
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My favorite moment was someone asking "When will anyone ever translate these heiroglylphs?!" and then Dr. Bestock just reads them 😂
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"Get drunk in the tombs with your ancestors..." I can get behind that!
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She was so ready to defend how ancient Egypt is NOT overrated 😄
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The way she answered the condescending “questions” about not having the tools to build the pyramids now and did you know cleopatra was actually Greek was so patient and classy.
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can we have an audiobook of her reading ancient hieroglyphs?? absolutely captivating
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Professor Bestock was my Egyptology professor at Brown in 2011! Such an exciting surprise to see her in this video as I've been watching this series since it started!
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"you can't actually walk like an Egyptian" my whole 80s childhood was a lie
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Thanks a lot professor Laurel, this is Mark an Egyptologist tour guide at the Grand Egyptian Museum...your answers are perfectly perfect and I can't wait to see you and see all the people in the comments interested in our beloved civilization over at the GEM... 😍😍✊
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You can tell the real joy Professor Bestock has for ancient egypt and it made the video all the more engaging and enjoyable. Wish my history teacher in school was this enthusiastic!
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I took an archaeology class with Professor Bestock at Brown!! She teaches all her classes with the same enthusiasm she shows here. She's the best
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Dang, the shoutout to Assassin's Creed Origins' accuracy shows how these games, while being more about entertainment than anything, have served as pretty educational products regarding history.
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This video is, by far, one of the most interesting that I've seen this year. Awesome information.
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To me, the most surprising thing you revealed was the fact that we are closer in time to Cleopatra, than she was to the beginning of the Egyptian dynasty.
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10:54 listening to her read the hieroglyph is amazing- hard to listen to someone so passionate about their field without finding it infectious!
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As a professor myself, her style is amazing. I absolutely loved watching her speak. She is professional and no question goes unanswered. Very academic, very well explained. I could watch her on a TV show about Egypt if she had one - like on the History Channel. If she doesn't already have one, please put her on there. Outstanding and very down to earth explanations.
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omg we need more of her, 20 minutes was not nearly enough! actually, she needs a show about egyptology asap
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This is my best and most enjoyed support answers on Wired. Prof Laurel Bestock was so happy and passionate in her responses, and provided responses in such a lovely educative way, breaking complex items down so simple for everyone to understand. Absolutely loved watching it and learnt a lot. Thanks for choosing the perfect person for this support Wired. Please bring her back for a part 2.
