Akhenaten: The Heretic Pharaoh 

I snorted JD through my nose when I read this! Btw, that really hurts!

And had more channels.😞

he could likely be a great choice for future AI voices since there is so much audio of him talking about various topics.

@@scottnunnemaker5209 so true. Great idea.

Lmao. For sure. 11 is a heck of a lot

Simon is awesome

He has another channel? 🤔

Gonna have a new channel for every video soon

@@douglaspkeatingjr3232 ok let's count the ones on the top of my head 1. Biographics 2. Geographics 3. Today I Found Out 4. Mega Projects 5. Side Projects 6. Highlight History 7. Politiks 8. Business Blaze 9. Top Tenz

Yes this would actually be cool

It all started with V Sauce

Or maybe a Business Blaze about Simon, that way we get a Danny script how Simon came to rule the tube like a pharaoh

@@icemanire5467 he was on v sauce?

"The Whistler of many channels"

with a team of scriptwriters, cameramen/women, etc. etc. No man is an island...

@@stephanieh.777 He is still the sole face of it all.

Simon, the walking encyclopedia

@@Divert486 and? Alex trebek was the face of Jeopardy. Do you think he did it all? Or Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune? Don't be ignorant. His team deserves kudos too.

@@DontarrestmePLZ Im not taking away credit from his team. Im merely observing that he is the sole face of a conglomerate. Take a breather, life isnt a competition.

She's actually not that underrated, she's quite famous among historians and history lovers.

I think that Hatshepsut's is more beautiful.

@@mariakelly1059 yet most people don't even know of her

Her tomb hasn't been discovered,yet?

So, would it now be a “controsception”?Oh wait, no. That sounds wrong.

Ahaba Well spoken

That’s actually a great idea

Don't give him ideas

Who does not love a ruler who works people to death, slaughers priests, tries to suppress the main religion and does not protect the ones he's supposed to 🖤

@@tominieminen66 I mean as far as Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs go

Fun fact. Because of his monotheists believes there are people who actually think that Moses and Akhenaten were the same person. Of course that's ridiculous but just an interesting tidbit

​@@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667 It does seem plausible that there is some link between Moses and Akhenaten, probably along the lines of "Moses and Akhenaten had monotheistic beliefs for similar reasons." Maybe there was a current of belief influencing them both.

@@JackHankeAnd that is the only link. Their monotheistic beliefs. Moses is very definitely and obviously a completely different person. He wasn't a pharaoh. He was the one who explained to Pharaoh that God said let my people go so they may serve me in the wilderness

Actually that is how he appeared. He was the first pharaoh who insisted that his image look like him and not the perfect image of a god as the previous pharaohs. It’s believed he most likely had klinefelders or was a hermaphrodite. I love Egyptology 😊

@@stateofdisorder1 thanks for that. I’m a bit of a history nerd in general. I recently posted on my fb page, basically saying the same thing I said in my comment above and a friend of mine thought it was Kim Kardashian perfume ad! 😆. It seems that scientists around the world are trying to get their hands on DNA samples to figure out exactly what he may have had as there are so many theories on it. It’s all very interesting.

@@naumche1 yeah, it’s just tough because DNA that old is so degraded. Like the Kardahian reference 😂

@@yang.1490 it’s definitely a feature people have enhanced either by fillers or filters on Instagram. The same goes for the cheeks and hips.

Maybe it's a generational thing but when I first learned about him I thought he looked like Marilyn Manson. Having said that, Instagram wasn't a thing yet and we still had to rely on dial-up internet.

Ha ha ha, wait what?!...

@@thevisitor1012 It was something of the etiquette of the time. The pre-bronze age collapse empires formed a sort of brotherhood or detente between one another, commonly referred to by scholars these days as a "club of great powers". They would regularly write to one another, invite each other to major ceremonies (not that they would actually attend), inquire after one another's health, send each other regular gifts, and of course, send fact-finding missions into each other's lands. The great powers consisted initially of the Empire of Hati, the Kingdom of the Hurrians, or Mitanni, Kassite Babylonia, and New Kingdom Egypt. When Hati destroyed Mitanni, Mitanni's former Assyrian provinces rose up and consumed the former kingdom, forming the Assyrian Empire. The demands of the Assyrian King for Akhenaten to permit his fact finding mission was likely a means of demanding the same respect and status accorded to great powers in the region. Another letter has the Assyrian King complaining that the pharaoh sent him less gold than the other kings, so Akhenaten probably wasn't impressed.

I read extensively on him, and have seen a few exhibitions. Also definitely one of my favorite operas! Saw Anthony Roth Costanzo perform it last year at the Met, and we rewatched it during quarantine in the spring.

@@cormacolinde it;s my current working music when I am finishing my homework for the semester, and the funeral dictation is my current healing chant for my LARP group

“This Guy doesn’t know much. This Guy has friends who are good at research and crafting their findings into a well-worded 12-18 minute summary. Some of the friends of This Guy are pretty good with lighting, camerawork, and sound engineering, and others are good at video editing. There are also some people who are both good at sourcing rights-free images to go along with the story being told and are friends with This Guy. In addition to useful friends, This Guy has a soothing, trustworthy voice and just looks like a cool teacher who doesn’t give homework.”

@@mattmatthews5414 Lol I think he meant the subject of this video. Not Simon. For some people there aren't enough words in the world to cover the story. Excellent try though 😉✌

Was Simon full of it, or did he nail it?

@@Kenniii3 I see him more as a nail gun. Spittin' out content like it's a bunch off tiny pieces off cheap metal. Tack tack tack tack! Duck!

@@mergru6371 good analogy. I think you are not far off

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This guy is a liar, so much of his channel is false

@@sleazymeezy A lot of it is true, but you have to take it with a grain of salt. I though this video was pretty good for the most part. He came down hard on Akhenaten, but that's a totally acceptable view. As for his comment on Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, the names get so mixed up and the evidence is so scant that no one can possibly know the truth. I suggest the History of Egypt Podcast to find out more. Great show.

I don’t think Simon is necessarily false. He just gives a very brief cliffnotes version of some very complex history. Whether he’s talking ancient Egypt or Donald Trump.

Pretty sure they already did

They did

@mitch the ones he's done about Egypt is Hatshepsut, Queen Of The Nile, Cleopatra, The Last Pharaoh, Thutmose III, Egypt's greatest conqueror, Tutankhamun, The Boy Pharaoh, and Akhenaten, The Heretic Pharaoh

Not only are you late, you're rude af too. How about a "please", ya turd?

Look upon my works and despair

YES.

Bald. The end.

@@omegalord Bald. Smart. British. THERE IS NO END!!!

@@theparadigm8149 he's dumb as a stump, and you also are (sadly by default) for thinking he's smart.

@@sleazymeezy why might I ask, what is your evidence of the level of his intelligence. He comes across in his videos as a rather intelligent guy, I'm genuinely interested

Another good serious read; “Amarna and the Biblical Exodus” with a lot of amazing new detailed evidence

The pre-Amarna priests were not put back into their jobs. Horemheb and then Seti1 recruited a new priestly caste from amongst the loyal army cadre. As army commanders themselves they could guarantee their loyalty.

No he should do one on Ramses. The name Ramses is even in the bible.

I believe has done one on the Posion king Mithradates of Pontus

@@Historywithapharoah Which Ramses? History knows eleven Egyptian kings named Ramses (or Ramesses, rather) and it was the most popular royal name for nearly two hundred years.

the priests were actually scribes and medics and other trained officials.

bruh. Food and water got you through it. Don't be acting like this saved your life. I love his videos too but there's no need to get dramatic lmao

Yeah. His 10 channels helped me as well

Also 2:20 '...Who didn't actually do anything of note in his lifetime.' Ouch.

@@--enyo-- He restored polytheism back in Egypt but that apparently counts as nothing?? Um, sorry Simon's scriptwriter, that is a VERY big deal!

Ummm, he has already. Lol

Bro, you need to check out overly sarcastic productions. You'll see how much this guy lies or doesn't know what he's talking about

You should also do one about the Sea Peoples.

You should also do one about the Sea Peoples.

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Budapest? :)

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@@biankalopkovitz4295 what

I'd love that too

@@suppiluiiuma5769 thanks for your post ! ;-)

Uhh what are your sources? I'm pretty sure this is false. Tiye might have had some Nubian ancestry, but the Hyksos essentially didn't even show up on the scene until after Tiye married Amenhotep III.

There’s no indication of that whatsoever. And second, the Hyksos were driven from Egypt decades before Amenhotep III was even born.

Wow why were they against it I don1t understand exactly Tnx 4 info

I was under the impression that Queen Tiye was of Mitanni descendant.

Im pretty sure it's actually called Sideprojects

@@aceundead4750 Both. Megaprojects and Sideprojects...

Same goes for Herostratus, who is today remembered, for being "erased", and would otherwise probably have been forgotten

And the first female pharaoh Hatshepsut. They now think it was was actually her grandson who tried to have her removed from Egyptian history not her step son who took over after she died. It appears he actually has quite a good relationship with her, after all he was mostly interested in the army when he was Pharaoh and it was as general and leader of the army that he served as under her. Basically if he'd wanted her gone he easily had the power to remove her, he lead the army and they were very loyal to him not her. Yes she sent him and the army on a huge "trading" journey up the Nile but he could ignore her and taken the throne if he really wanted it. It's probable that not many would have objected as a female Pharaoh was always seen as wrong by most. Whoever it was has her image and cartouche scratches out and the huge temple she has built in the valley of the Kings torn down. Again her step son has built one right next to hers so tearing hers down doesn't really make sense. Either way history will out. It's almost impossible to totally remove someone from history, especially in a culture like Egypt which carved their history in stone and traded with many nations who also recorded everything. Once someone finds a name they don't know connected with something like the Kings of Egypt they'll chase and find everything they can.

@Ian Tarry Interesting! Most history books still say that it was Thutmose III and not Amenhotep II, hopefully that will change. To me it always sounded weird that Thutmose III would do something like that to her. Based on everything else, he seemed to respect (maybe even love) his stepmother.

@@Elora445 maybe. Yhea for a long time it was just naturally assumed it was Tutmoses because they thought she'd "stollen" his throne etc. The old evil step mother story. However recently a lot of evidence has turned up that the damage was done later than thought and that Tutmoses and Hatshepsut actually had a really good relationship. It was already known that they got on before she took the throne but again the old assumptions were made that she'd stolen the throne. It's now believed that the previous pharaoh wanted her to rule, at least till Tut was older but that both were actually much happier with their roles so he didn't bother to rock the boat and accepted his role as leader of the army. Something he obviously loved, you can see that from just how much time he spent on campaign etc once he was Pharaoh. Things might change in the new books but historians are anything but consistent and can start a fight over a scratch on a wall so..... We'll see, the old evil step mother story is such a solid trope though it might take something very solid to actually get a change.

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5. Honda Tadakatsu 6. Jadwiga of Poland 7. Simeon (I think was his name) of Gandar

Also Herostratus (who was also "erased from history")

He already did a bio on augustus

Who cares about Darius the third though? If you mean Darius the great, Simon already did an episode on him. (Edit* on Augustus aswell)The others on your list would be epic though.

Isn't that the bloke that did the score for candyman?

@@sleazymeezy Lol yes, but he is known for his other great operas, symphonies, string quartets, Give them a try

Akhenaton was a Christ/Buddha figure of his day. Living CENTURIES before them.

Your interpretation. Akhenaten considered himself as a god.

OR the builder wanted to honour both, as the building project was started with one king and finished with another. Hence both names are honoured.

@@rachelnesbitt8126 that's a fair point. I suppose the jury can remain out until more evidence has been discovered.

But this guy wasnt a myth.

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