A Murder Mystery in Roman Egypt 

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If this guy was my history teacher in high school, I'd probably go on to study history in college! These videos are so good!

"For 600 years, Egypt was Roman". One of the most succinct historical statements I have ever heard.

A man went to a funeral and his house was stripped bare. Some things never change!

as someone trained in forensic anthropology, these are the kinds of stories i love- people have always been people, and despite cultural differences, societies always share some things. i always wonder about the murder mysteries, the missing persons and folklore that went on in ancient times. great video!

These surviving cases are so interesting. Invicta covered another one about a small towns mystery murder where a dead child was found. Involved family rivalry, an investigation and even went as far as involving Augustus directly.

It is interesting how little was Egypt romanised given the 7 centuries of Roman control and the province's special status.

I would love a video series where ancient texts be read following the typical ongoing life in the Roman Empire from ranging centuries in the writings

The History Channel has access to millions of dollars and countless resources and yet your productions are lightyears ahead of them.

I love True Crime and I love History! So this is an awesome video for me today! 😄

I love the last picture in the video! It's amazing! It looks almost like a modern person trying to photoshop themselves into an old picture, with his roman style portrait. Also the slightly warped temple background is so interesting, combined with his expression it almost looks like the whole picture is a part of some religious ritual where he may or may not have had too many shrooms. Would love to find out more about it :D

Honestly you telling old stories like this with historical context is such a palatable concept, it should be a tv show or short web series or something.

Best thing about this channel- no music!

Your videos are great and i love the facts you put into all your videos! I wrote a 10 page paper for my art history course and since then ive been in love with learning about the feats and lives of the romans

This needs a chapter in your next book!

Glad you raised this topic!

you're the best dude. would love to see more niche topics on organized crime or hobbies for the average citizen

Absolutely love your book Garrett! Thank you for sharing so much knowledge. Love your videos as always too.

Your channel is excellent in both its detail and breadth of subjects covered.

Another possible Roman murder occurred up on Hadrian's Wall (I think at Vindolanda or another one of the forts) when they were excavating one of the barrack blocks and the body of a child was discovered buried under the floor.

The scope and complexity to long lost and ancient historical narrative fascinates me beyond understanding.

Dear Toldinstone, I watch all your videos. So much fun. I have a question, who painted the picture shown around 2:30, the great hall with statues. Thanks in advance.

This story is fascinating, thanks for doing this ❤️

Congratulations. Upon about 20 viewings of presentations , this one , for me , is one of the top five most academically sophisticated in recounting focused cases in ancient history. Writings ...

Great videos! Very concise

I love that you always take a nuanced position. Have you considered doing a video on Naukratis?

Could you make a video about the religions of the Romans? I'm really interested in how a Indo-persian god like Mithra was adopted by Romans

another great video. cheers.

Terrific video. Thanks.

awsome as usual! the same as your book. i enjoyed it very much!

Another amazing video, thank you 👍👍👍👍 Your book is amazing btw 👍👍😂😂

Another interesting tale :) thank you

Very interesting topic- again

Your voice is so soothing

Wonderful video as always. The last image slide is especially interesting. Do you have any information on it? It looks like someone re-appropriated a mummy portrait into a larger image..

Some things never change...

I remember reading the story of Artemidorus in the Readers Digest several decades ago. It fascinated me. Now this. Interesting.

Wow. This is fascinating. It is such a torture that we can never know the results of the court case!

Commenting to show engagement :) awesome stuff

Lots of amazing discoveries in Egypt.🏗 Awesome that these minutes have survived.🏛 Cheers

Fascinating. Especially the thefts.

That picture is awsome

"One man went to a funeral and returned to find his house stripped bare." What effects did an average house have?

“Next on Law and Order: Egypt!”

The first image in the video has got me thinking, were Roman Emperors considered the Pharoah by Egyptians during their control? Or was there a pharoah that served under the emperor? Perhaps a video on egyptian religion/society under Roman rule would be a good topic

Love your videos,it includes interesting topics

I’m betting getting drunk is a better way to the truth than torture ever was/is. I know I’d rather be hammered before I’m um hammered.

Awesome video! For anyone who is a student of Roman history and also likes a good murder mystery I cannot recommend the Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor enough. They follow a "gum-sandal" Detective called Gordianus the Finder. The books take place in the very late republic and feature all the big players of the Era and of course our Gordianus rubs shoulders with all of them. Check them out!

I want to see movies based on these types of stories, so historical dramas about everyday life and regular people, not epics about battles or kings. Filled in with all the historical details, maybe even in reconstructed languages, but also showing parallels with present-day life - there should be lots of opportunities to have fun with that. Imagine like Fargo or Chinatown set in ancient Greece or medieval Europe.

I always enjoy how many actual historians show up in these comment sections. Makes for a nice after party.

Thanks

Thanks again for sharing this very interesting insight regarding the murder of 2 citizens during the 700 AC with barely mentioned changed lifestyle in Egypt after 600 years it was conquered by the Romans. Looking for to watch your new videos 👍 👍

No matter the time or the place, people will be people.

I'm telling you it was Captain Custard with the candlestick in the Ballroom.

Never clicked faster in a notification

3:40 '' back of his head, crushed, probably by blows '' This method, is known today, as was in the old west: '' shooting a person, in the back '' . '' i was walking toward the market forum with my mule, when '' WHACK-WHACK '' .....and now i'm dead.....

Ancient Egypt sounds like a combination of Iraq and New Jersey.

Excellent video, I hope we will see more on this topic. When I see law and order on TV it has always seemed boring, pretentious and a waste of time ... clearly the version of Law & Order 100 AD would be awesome, damn tv they never will be bold enough to make such things

The thumbnail is a floor mosaic from Villa San Michele in Capri.

Epic

Dr G, at least you didn't call this post 'Death on the Nile! :) At about 2:40 or so you show a statue of a man in a toga. What is that? Where is it? I've never seen it before!

Happy to see a sponsor on the video.

Theft, murder and Nord VPN That's quite a sequence in the vidoe's segments

With my luck I'll probably be called into another interview simply for watching this..

is your book available as audio book also because I really don’t like reading

What the world needs is a Roman version of Cluedo. I haven't even watched the video and already know whodunnit: the lanista in the vomitorium with the sistrum! 🤣🤣🤣

Feel bad for the donkey guy

I think the period round about 300 A.D. when the Roman capital moved to Constantinople(Istanbul)aka the Christian Byzantine period should be considered a separate epoch.There was a brief period also when the Persians (I think)too over -just before the victories of Heraclius and the Arab invasions.Sometimes this phase is known as the Coptic period named for the native Egyptian Christians.

600 years under Roman rule. Time moved more slowly in the past.

I honestly dropped what I was doing to watch

Even though they lived a millenia and a half earlier, Sarapammon and Menas sound like a couple of guys in "this thing of ours". I guess some things never change.

Caveat Emptor

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where are your sources? you haven't cited them in the description

7:21 - Oooh what are we looking at here? I saw your (hilarious) video on Roman tombs. Is this another one of those cheesy Funeral Home "blanks" that people would buy before their burial? The ones with scenes of Hercules killing the lion - but his face is blank, and the rich person had his own face carved in? I see here, the heads are like painted blank areas. If so- LOL! The woman is ISIS? :D She's wearing Isis' feather crown. Oh and a gold collar, and rich finery. Probably silk red robes. At least the man in the picture is humble. Wants to be depicted as literate. (Scroll in his hand?) He wears no finery, and simple robes. He chose this scene, likely because he is comforted by the fact Anubis takes the newly-deceased by the hand towards judgement. Here, Anubis goes further, in a near-embrace. _She_ is super-pretentious though. Tacky! :D

Send it to Robert Downey jr, Jude law, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin freeman. We should have all the answers shortly.

I'm going to assume that the defendants got off after the judge awoke with a horse head in his bed.

Nice segway to your sponsor- lol

9 people are against murder mysteries in long ago Egypt.

this was a fascinating story but not near as fascinating as your videos . . .

Egypt was Greek for 400 years before the Romans and really only superficially Roman.

Excellent content, however I have some reservations for the dubbing of the fayyum portraits as Greek style, since Greeks never Achebe such realism in their portraits. A more appropriate term, if you must would be Egyptian-Greco, though I personally believe all evidence show it to be strictly an Egyptian phenomenon as no cognate exists outside of Egypt.

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The Romans stayed in Egypt for 600 years, yet Egyptians haven't adopted Latin as their language. Why? How Egyptians managed to keep their language and culture alive under the Roman Empire?

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How did Romans lock their doors when they weren't homeM

Damn, crazy to hear how different villages would quarrel with one another, reminiscent of the hoods up in the big cities. Interesting to see how things never change. Wonder if they repped any colors or had gang signs.

The thumbnail is giving me ilusion

Beautiful donkey

I like your videos, but you really don't have to change the thumbnail and title every other hour just because it's not hitting the right numbers on the algorithm. If anything, it makes me less likely to watch because now I feel that you're just desperately fishing for views when your content is better than that. Have some faith and realize that not every video is going to be a smash hit. I and many others weren't swayed originally by catchy thumbnails and (overtly) clickbait titles, but insightful commentary on Antiquity. Please don't become just another history channel but with worse production values.

Sorry, Garret, and no offense, if this is some kind of speech impediment, but I find it quite annoying to listen to this fast-slow-fast-slow pace of reading. Is there any possibility for you to change this behaviour?