Great topic, great video! I am glad that I could help with it, it is also an honor for me. thanks for recommending my little channel at the end of the video, best regards! ❤✌🥰
@@HistorywithCy If so that's all thanks to your channel! 😁 I'll try to cover next 25 dynasties 😆 and maybe you'll find it useful again! I am in Luxor right now... 😎😜
Nicely done, Cy! You mentioned Djedkare Isesi's rule and also mentioned the family of Ptahhotep. Perhaps you could consider an episode on the Maxims of Ptahhotep in the future. He was a man of solomonic wisdom!
Thanks! That's actually a really great idea! I was about doing something similar with regard to texts from ancient Mesopotamia, but Egypt has just as much if not more of such literature that can be delved into. So many topics, so little time! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching, really appreciate it!
The little known dynasties are in my opinion some of the most intriguing. I cannot help but want to know more about what happened during them. Hopefully, time will reveal more.
Yeah, I agree. The great thing is that unlike in other parts of the world, in Egypt, there are so many ongoing archaeological excavations and new sites constantly being found. Makes the study of all this all the more interesting. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more to come, stay tuned!
Do you think the Serehk names with the Horus symbol might have represented which region the pharaoh came from? Like lower Egypt was Horus and Upper Egypt was Set. In the first dynasty they have the Horus symbol so the Lower Egyptians were in charge, and then in the second dynasty there are Pharaohs who have Set on top of their Serehk name and later have both Horus and Set on top of their Serehk name. Like that could be a pharaoh who came from upper Egypt and a pharaoh who wanted to represent both or was a child from royals from both upper and lower Egypt. It seems like most everyone else from the third dynasty on just used the Horus symbol(there’s a couple random other deity symbols used at some points too) which could be that the Set Royal family died off or they might have forgot what the original symbolism was supposed to mean and just kept a tradition of putting Horus up there. Idk, trying to make sense of history when there is little to go on as to why ancient people did much of what they did is fun.
There may be something about what you say but those gods also had other meanings beside regionality, for example Seth was the war god and thus was adopted by the Hyksos later one as their own, Horus-Ra has strong "hail the pharaoh" overtones, while Ptah or Thoth have more priestly references (Thoth so much that he never becomes the main god), Osiris seems to be more "populist" and anithesis to militaristic Seth, Amon(-Ra) is another god with priestly undertones but which seems to emphasize the state as a whole, etc. Of course when the only female pharaoh before Cleopatra, Hatsepsut, ruled Hathor became more prominent, etc. It's arguably one of the main advantages of polytheism: that you can emphasize or de-emphasize gods in order to better represent what you (be it ruler or mere lowly worshiper) stand for in life.
@@LuisAldamiz I mean how they evolved over time has little to do with how they began. Unless it was written down somewhere, once everyone who really know why it was the way it was died you can developed a concept into all kinds of things. These literally could have just been family names to begin with that became small dynastic families. Like how in Europe yoU had the Hapsburg family or the Romanov family. The originators of those family likes could be worshipped as deities later. We know there was a lot of ancestor worship happening for thousands of years before we have writing to know specific names and beliefs. And we know there is a habit of strong rulers to deify themselves in life. So Horus or Set could literally just be originators of two family lines, remembered as gods in later generations. And then in even later generations given more abstract powers and realms of influence such as war, writing, the desert, the river, etc.
@@scottnunnemaker5209 - There's a good chance that the gods were originally associated to a city state like in Sumer. But sure: who knows with any certainty, after all polytheism is synchretism.
Yeah, boggles my mind when I think about how old all of this is... they were as old for the Romans as the Romans are for us which is something I find amusing and interesting. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
@@sizanogreen9900 honestly wouldn’t either just figured that be a ton of videos to have to make. Personally the way Ptolemy stole Alexander’s body so he could become Pharaoh was pretty smooth and ballsy IMO.
@@HistorywithCy Nice looking forward to it. Long as you keep making em I’ll definitely watch em. Dynasty 0 was my subject choice in my last archeology class so Egypt is my favorite ancient empire.
I've been a fan of your channel since 2020. Was wondering if you are covering all 30 dynasties? And your opinion on the consideration of there being a 31st and 32nd since some historians debate those.
Yes, the goal is to cover all of the dynasties. Still a long ways off until then but I haven't decided yet how I'm going to cover those, let alone how to present the Intermediate periods. We'll get there eventually, stay tuned!
Thanks, you really need to combine all these vids once you have done all, it is easy to find information about certain Pharaohs on the internet but many of them are ignored. A playlist or combined long episode of all the dynasties would make it easier for students and other interested people to learn about the rulers of one of the worlds great civilizations. Great work, I am looking forward to the next episode. :)
Yes, that's actually the plan, plus I hope to do more general histories of Egypt, for example, just the Old Kingdom or Late Period, but without the breakdown into specific dynasties and kings. Basically, I want to present this information from all different angles so that the viewers have an easier time learning it. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and safe!
Wonderful cy, I'm always impressed that scholars can nail down the dates of rulers with such precision. Your barge of knowledge is sailing smoothly down the Nile, thanks be safe!
Thanks! Haha the dates are the hardest for me to put in these because there as a few different chronologies that people use, and sometimes with new discoveries they're revised somewhat. In this case though I use the dates that are generally now accepted by most Egyptologists and the major museums like the British Museum, Louvre, etc. Anyway, thanks for watching and lots more - another 20+ episodes or so - on the way!
@@HistorywithCy Re: medieval topics by 2023, which you mentioned in another comment. 1. I'm 100% in favor of you doing the topics you love no matter what I personally find interesting. 2. I think antiquity and the ancient world is so much more interesting than everything after. Partly cause things become much more homogeneous. In ancient times there were so many cultures and religions, even varying from city to city, but in the middle ages there's a lot more uniformity that in my opinion makes things less interesting. Your videos on the full history of individual cities have been some of my favorites, and I think there's years worth of videos there without even leaving the Mediterranean. Add in Africa, Northern Europe, The Steppe, China, India, Japan, The Americans, etc. and you have maybe over a decade of city videos alone. But as I said in my first point, if your heart lies with the middles ages then follow your heart.
This is great! Tony the Tiger GRRRREEAAT!!! I once saw a docu of an archeologist who seems to have found a pyramid footing that he is convinced was Djedkare's, to the best of my recollection. Interesting thing was, he was able to estimate it's former size just from what he found. It's located at Giza, on a just a slightly higher level than Khufu's. It may have seemed taller than Khufu's, but the man said it was the appearance Djedkare was going for ... He must have pissed somebody off during his life, unless the builders did a crap job of it. He seemed to think the destruction was deliberate. I really wish I could remember more, but I bet it's out there in the RU-vid zone someplace ...
Hmmm, interesting... I didn't know that but will see if I can find something on it. I just recently got some new books on the Giza pyramids that I have to delve into. One is "Giza and the Pyramids" by Lehner and Hawass and the other is the "Red Sea Scrolls" by Tallet and Lehner. They're both pretty recent (2017 and 2022, respectively) so they might have some info on what you mentioned. I'll be reading them soon and will hopefully put something out with regard to the topic later on this year. Anyway, thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!
@@HistorywithCy I would have expected that we'd see all the LIDAR discoveries by now, but then again, every state gets to keep those secrets until they're ready, only fair.
Egyptologists and linguistics do their best with the information that they have, but like with everything, especially the further back in time we go, nothing is 100% certain. Thanks.
I guess it the ancient equivalent of the CIA/MI6/KGB or some top secret org in those days. Must have been an interesting post to have had! Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
I love to listen to your narratives because they are very trustworthy, but this time I've noticed a really small, petty discrepancy: when you are talking about Userkaf and the second biggest royal portrait of the Old Kingdom, you show us a radiant beautiful King's portrait that was made in human proportions, meanwhile, the colossus you are referring to, is a bigger granite sculpture exposed at the Cairo's Museum, at least until recently, and that's not beautiful like the one you showed us, is not to be seen. I told you this as a compliment! To find in your videos something that's not 100% accurate is almost impossible, and I needed all my attention and visual experience ( The colossus was exposed in Venice in the year 2001, this was the first time I saw it) to catch you stumble on something that is, truly said, not important. Bravo to you and to the sculptor that made that mustached portrait.
good content., big fan of the pre dynastic, and lesser known ones... only the audio on this video is softer than the first.. but in general i do not have complaints and want to thank you for sharing.
An Epyptologist on Wondrium says the 5th Dynasty is tricky, because later Egyptians in the 25TH Dynasty deliberately tried to replicate the material culture of the 5th, because this was the Golden Age.
I feel Sad about all of these Artifacts taken from Egypt hanging in other museums, The sun Temple can be reconstructed if all pieces were returned in one place
Hah, you usually post in the morning on my country's time, so I get to work while hearing the video, but today that I'm working at night you post at night too! Nice timing
Haha it's all random really, as soon as I finish the video I just post it, which usually ends up being late at night my time but I think this one I posted it in the afternoon. Thanks for watching, really appreciate and more on the way, stay tuned and safe!
@@HistorywithCy please explain what is considered a 'dynasty' in ancient Egypt. Is it 1. A new family of Kings 2. A century in time 3. A set number of Kings How was this division done by archaeologists
Just one more dynasty to go before we finish the Old Kingdom, though the seeds of the end have already been sown and will start to germinate in the coming sixth dynasty.
I most certainly am enjoying this series! I am unaware of anyone taking the time to do such a thing, but the tube of you is v a s t, so...keep it coming sir!
Hi, thanks for letting me know. I'll take a look into it... I might have accidently done something to the settings on my mic. Hope you were still able to hear the text. Thanks again!
I think I’m blessed to have found this playlist and your channel, may Horus Ra and Ptah compel the algorithm to facilitate many millions of subscribers
Thanks! Interesting, someone else said that too but I don't hear it on my end (I'm listening to it on a PC). Do you mind me asking what type of device you were listening to this on (tablet, phone, PC, TV etc). Thanks for watching, appreciate it!
Thanks a lot for the great video! 5th dynasty has a special pace here in Czechia and I'm glad you mentioned one of our great egiptologist Miroslav Verner:)
Glad you liked it! Yes, the work of Dr. Verner is really interesting to read because goes against a lot of the more conventional thinking of what most Egyptologists accept. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
Yeah I've been thinking about how to best present the First Intermediate Period families too. I guess we'll find out in a few weeks! Thanks for taking interest in this series, really appreciate it!
I feel like the known “history” of Egypt is just a bunch of names and dates, plus talking about what commodities they traded. I wonder if knowing these things amounts to anything actually. Instead, it would be much more enriching to focus on their religion, symbolism, philosophy, architecture.
My pleasure, thanks for watching! Hmm, I don't know... I think there were pyramid texts on other materials, such as papyri and wooden boards, perhaps just not on the walls. When they realized that tomb robbers were a real and constant threat, it might have been decided by the king or architects that maybe a more permanent solution was needed, hence the inscriptions on the walls of the burial chamber. Just a guess... Thanks for the comment, really appreciate it!
Hi! Sorry, at the moment I have no plans to as I'm still quite focused on ancient history, but there are several videos on him on RU-vid that you might enjoy, for example on the channel Biographics. Thanks!
Hi! I'll be honest, I don't have any plans to cover him at the moment. Like Allon said, for the moment I'm more focused on ancient history but eventually will get to some medieval topics, hopefully by 2023. Actually, Biographics did to a video on Marcos several months back so that might be something to check out. Thanks!
On Meme Times, I also saw that an insect display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History that someone included a small Volkswagen beetle. 😂 So, some good museum viewing to be had in Cleveland!
Haha I'm originally from Pittsburgh and have never been to the Cleveland Museum of Art so I want to see in person as well! I might plan a day trip there summer when I'm back in town. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned and safe!
