they built some of the world’s most
enduring monument and have captured her
imagination for centuries welcome to
watchmojo.com seulement we’re counting
down the five most mystifying things
that you probably didn’t know about
ancient Egypt
what’s it like brilliant loads of old
stuff like mummies tombs
he was Scabbers enjoyed himself number
five ancient Egypt survived a very very
long time it’s a clear message do not
mess with Egypt ancient Egypt was
founded long before ancient Rome or
Greece and it lasted for a lot longer
there are multiple events you could
argue marked the end of the culture so
nailing down its exact length is tough
but 3,000 years is a pretty good
estimate
that’s three millennia of ancient
Egyptian awesome that’s more than twelve
times as long as America has been a
country and about twice as long as the
Roman Empire would exist Isis herself
would surrender a place in heaven to be
as beautiful as you you’re not supposed
to look at me speaking of Greeks
Cleopatra the famous Queen of the Nile
wasn’t really an Egyptian she was Greek
she was the great-great-great
granddaughter of Alexander the Great’s
favorite general and she was born in the
Greek city of Alexandria
she was Greek end of story they took
kinds of people cakes and everybody else
who wish they was Greek okay
yes we know number four ancient Egyptian
artists help scientists learn about
animal extinctions
and they didn’t even need a time machine
researchers from the university of
california used animal pictures in
Egyptian art to discover the extinction
patterns of large mammals in the Nile
region ancient banks see for the wind
some paintings have been connected with
times a major environmental change in
instability this has helped the
researchers learn when each animal died
out and how it affected the ecosystem
this may help to learn more about the
effects of ancient civilizations on the
environment and maybe some stuff about
modern civilizations and maybe the
future and maybe aliens I don’t know I’m
not a scientist
don’t think we want to go that way
number three boys needed a big bundle
there was an ancient Egyptian custom
where a man would bring his bundle to
the house of a woman he was interested
in the bundle was basically all of the
man’s things I mean like his his
belongings everything I owned I can fit
him a saddlebag which is why I like it
the woman accepted the bundle the man
would start living with her there’s
actually no evidence that there was any
kind of a marriage ceremony beyond this
it was just done and it was done pretty
quickly after a short period of data if
they even dated at all kind of the
ancient equivalent of showing up to a
blind date with a u-haul the one catch
is that if the bundle wasn’t big enough
to please the woman and her family they
could throw the guy out on the street
because this woman is not just turned
him down but all the things he could
bring with him presumably she was only
impressed by the size of his bundle
number two the ancient Egyptians
invented the nudie mag it’s like mash
been in a time machine the Turin erotic
papyrus is a 3000 year old document that
shows 12 couples in shall we say
compromising positions you have to be
looking at one of the most shocking sets
of images from the whole of antiquity
researchers don’t know what the document
was for though they think it was
probably satirical in some way but
ancient Egyptians did kind of like sex
what is this place by midnight but he
visits so rarely did you get sown only
both men and women had casual sex before
marriage and they will probably even
encouraged to do so even their religious
stories were full of sex Osiris
shown on a bed with the goddess Isis as
a bird located on top of his erect
phallus what Egyptian myth has almond
the first God creating the Nile from his
own ejaculate Pharaoh’s would later
masturbate into the Nile as a religious
ritual believed to keep the river
flowing
number one eight million dog mummies
were found in a catacomb or should I say
dog Urkel hahaha that’s a fake laugh by
the way
researchers found millions of mummified
animals in a crypt dedicated to Anubis
the god of the afterlife it was the
biggest single finding of mummified
animals in history but it definitely
wasn’t the first
if each jaw contained a mummified birds
such as this Kestrel just where did the
ancient Egyptians find half a million to
kill and preserve in the Egyptian
pantheon different gods were linked with
different animals and being buried with
a mummified animal including a crocodile
or a baboon was thought to bring favor
from its associated God never come on
money like that and so a whole industry
of sacred animals developed animals were
often kept in temples and for a price
they could be ceremonially killed and
buried with you oh you’re waking our
neighbors Oh No so what did we miss
everything is in order
what’s your favorite Egyptian fact for
more vintage top 10s and out-of-date top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you have my leave to go
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enduring monument and have captured her
imagination for centuries welcome to
watchmojo.com seulement we’re counting
down the five most mystifying things
that you probably didn’t know about
ancient Egypt
what’s it like brilliant loads of old
stuff like mummies tombs
he was Scabbers enjoyed himself number
five ancient Egypt survived a very very
long time it’s a clear message do not
mess with Egypt ancient Egypt was
founded long before ancient Rome or
Greece and it lasted for a lot longer
there are multiple events you could
argue marked the end of the culture so
nailing down its exact length is tough
but 3,000 years is a pretty good
estimate
that’s three millennia of ancient
Egyptian awesome that’s more than twelve
times as long as America has been a
country and about twice as long as the
Roman Empire would exist Isis herself
would surrender a place in heaven to be
as beautiful as you you’re not supposed
to look at me speaking of Greeks
Cleopatra the famous Queen of the Nile
wasn’t really an Egyptian she was Greek
she was the great-great-great
granddaughter of Alexander the Great’s
favorite general and she was born in the
Greek city of Alexandria
she was Greek end of story they took
kinds of people cakes and everybody else
who wish they was Greek okay
yes we know number four ancient Egyptian
artists help scientists learn about
animal extinctions
and they didn’t even need a time machine
researchers from the university of
california used animal pictures in
Egyptian art to discover the extinction
patterns of large mammals in the Nile
region ancient banks see for the wind
some paintings have been connected with
times a major environmental change in
instability this has helped the
researchers learn when each animal died
out and how it affected the ecosystem
this may help to learn more about the
effects of ancient civilizations on the
environment and maybe some stuff about
modern civilizations and maybe the
future and maybe aliens I don’t know I’m
not a scientist
don’t think we want to go that way
number three boys needed a big bundle
there was an ancient Egyptian custom
where a man would bring his bundle to
the house of a woman he was interested
in the bundle was basically all of the
man’s things I mean like his his
belongings everything I owned I can fit
him a saddlebag which is why I like it
the woman accepted the bundle the man
would start living with her there’s
actually no evidence that there was any
kind of a marriage ceremony beyond this
it was just done and it was done pretty
quickly after a short period of data if
they even dated at all kind of the
ancient equivalent of showing up to a
blind date with a u-haul the one catch
is that if the bundle wasn’t big enough
to please the woman and her family they
could throw the guy out on the street
because this woman is not just turned
him down but all the things he could
bring with him presumably she was only
impressed by the size of his bundle
number two the ancient Egyptians
invented the nudie mag it’s like mash
been in a time machine the Turin erotic
papyrus is a 3000 year old document that
shows 12 couples in shall we say
compromising positions you have to be
looking at one of the most shocking sets
of images from the whole of antiquity
researchers don’t know what the document
was for though they think it was
probably satirical in some way but
ancient Egyptians did kind of like sex
what is this place by midnight but he
visits so rarely did you get sown only
both men and women had casual sex before
marriage and they will probably even
encouraged to do so even their religious
stories were full of sex Osiris
shown on a bed with the goddess Isis as
a bird located on top of his erect
phallus what Egyptian myth has almond
the first God creating the Nile from his
own ejaculate Pharaoh’s would later
masturbate into the Nile as a religious
ritual believed to keep the river
flowing
number one eight million dog mummies
were found in a catacomb or should I say
dog Urkel hahaha that’s a fake laugh by
the way
researchers found millions of mummified
animals in a crypt dedicated to Anubis
the god of the afterlife it was the
biggest single finding of mummified
animals in history but it definitely
wasn’t the first
if each jaw contained a mummified birds
such as this Kestrel just where did the
ancient Egyptians find half a million to
kill and preserve in the Egyptian
pantheon different gods were linked with
different animals and being buried with
a mummified animal including a crocodile
or a baboon was thought to bring favor
from its associated God never come on
money like that and so a whole industry
of sacred animals developed animals were
often kept in temples and for a price
they could be ceremonially killed and
buried with you oh you’re waking our
neighbors Oh No so what did we miss
everything is in order
what’s your favorite Egyptian fact for
more vintage top 10s and out-of-date top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you have my leave to go
you
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