The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld - Tejal Gala

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    Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death, a spirit must first pass through the underworld - a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates. Needless to say, one needed to come prepared. But how? Tejal Gala describes an Egyptian "Book of the Dead" -- a customized magic scroll written by the living to promote a smooth passage to the afterlife when they died.
    Lesson by Tejal Gala, animation by Silvia Prietov.

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  • @splatchargermain
    @splatchargermain Před 5 lety +5399

    Ani: "MOM! DAD!"
    Mom:"Shut up and grow your crops"

  • @Jader7777
    @Jader7777 Před 7 lety +9178

    Man, dying back then was so complicated.

    • @serninyt3373
      @serninyt3373 Před 5 lety +172

      Jared Prymont Im just replying cause no one has in a year

    • @marcnassif2822
      @marcnassif2822 Před 5 lety +197

      @@serninyt3373 You probably also thank the bus driver
      A real bro here

    • @johannesnicolaas
      @johannesnicolaas Před 5 lety +47

      No, dying is just easy, always...Everyone can do it.
      haha....

    • @kingkrispy5289
      @kingkrispy5289 Před 5 lety +75

      4000 BC: Ah! Gosh darn
      I’m bleeding
      Hmm how can I die good?
      Yeyeye lemme magik And put this bug with my coffin to lie to the gods!
      *fights through the enemies*
      *lies to 42 gods*
      Dog guy:oh hey Welcome *puts your heart on a scale with a feather,assume it goes up*
      Dog guy:welp Uhh,go get approval from that god of the basement guy
      *gets approval*
      *works indefinitely*
      Most religions today:god puts your good and bad on a scale,then something happens(Islam has lots of pre-judgement stuff for judgement day)

    • @papasscooperiaworker3649
      @papasscooperiaworker3649 Před 5 lety +6

      johannesnicolaas what

  • @dawsonglawe5810
    @dawsonglawe5810 Před 4 lety +6531

    Ani: "Yep, totally a good person."
    Heart: "What about that time-?"
    Scarab: "Snitches get stitches."
    Heart: "Nevermind."

  • @The_Nerd_King
    @The_Nerd_King Před 4 lety +3276

    Everyone else: Rest in Peace
    Egypt: start cultivating!🌾

  • @browneyedgirl4645
    @browneyedgirl4645 Před 6 lety +6267

    So, in the end, eternity is one big game of FarmVille

    • @oswaldmosley1063
      @oswaldmosley1063 Před 5 lety +36

      yup

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 Před 5 lety +82

      Or Harvest Moon if you prefer

    • @blueiron_yt
      @blueiron_yt Před 5 lety +65

      The job of harevsting in the afterlife is if you harvested when you were alive. So for example: Let's say I was a miner when I was alive, so that means I would mine forever in the afterlife

    • @abdulmalikdkm6020
      @abdulmalikdkm6020 Před 5 lety +61

      Ancient Egyptians believe​ afterlife is just like this life except there're no suffering. Maybe he was a middle class farmer.

    • @EstherXiao94
      @EstherXiao94 Před 4 lety +17

      So I assume that Yami Yugi also working for planting crops in the other side of the world.... 😂😂

  • @__eivy__5391
    @__eivy__5391 Před 4 lety +3301

    "Heart, the seat of emotion, memory and intelligence"
    Brain: am I a joke to u?

    • @Greentealiesel
      @Greentealiesel Před 4 lety +267

      Fun fact- They didn't know the purpose of the brain! In the mummifing process, they would store all the other organs in pots and vials, but they would just throw the brain out

    • @edgemadefoxe367
      @edgemadefoxe367 Před 3 lety +32

      @Cotton Candy yeah like every other organ

    • @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty
      @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty Před 3 lety +67

      As an atheist professor from my country sarcastically remarked in a speech " ancient Egyptians took out the brain while mummifying a person but preserved the heart,( they cannot be blamed for their ignorance at that time though), for you actually dont need a brain if you are gonna believe that you are going to some imaginary place like heaven.

    • @redacted-oo7ne
      @redacted-oo7ne Před 3 lety +27

      @@valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty okay

    • @Pharaoh_Tutankhamen
      @Pharaoh_Tutankhamen Před 3 lety +15

      @@valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty WTF

  • @Tabby_CatMeow
    @Tabby_CatMeow Před 3 lety +595

    “Has not made anyone cry”
    Onions: *sweats profusely*

  • @lawrencechege1087
    @lawrencechege1087 Před 3 lety +2237

    As an environmentalist, ancient Egypt had me at "I did not pollute the river" as a measure to get into the happily ever after.

    • @Asmaa_311
      @Asmaa_311 Před 3 lety +182

      Yeah...they respected the Nile....if they saw what people do to the Nile today they would burn them...

    • @noyq3684
      @noyq3684 Před 3 lety +78

      Yeah they be angry even though if you washed a bit of your feet or fingers. Man they’re some parts of history that are good I guess.

    • @god1770
      @god1770 Před 3 lety +12

      And at what stage of your life did you exactly decided to live up as an Environmentalist?

    • @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty
      @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty Před 3 lety +5

      Not exactly.... you could cheat your way in as explained in the video.

    • @allianceoflight9473
      @allianceoflight9473 Před 3 lety +3

      They should Respect the Nile after God Sent Plauges... Let the Children of Yasharel go .. There is a Occult Ritual in the Book of Dead ... That the Freemasons use in their Intuiate Ritual to possess a Person... Of Osiris..at the Scottish Rite Temple In Dc....

  • @hollyleafwell2118
    @hollyleafwell2118 Před 6 lety +3602

    "part crocodile, part leopard, part hippopotamus"
    Holy cow and I thought the Greeks were bad

    • @nayo7956
      @nayo7956 Před 4 lety +65

      Tbt to the Minotaur

    • @chocolatemilk7157
      @chocolatemilk7157 Před 4 lety +27

      Nayomika Shashidhar And the Chimira (i think thats how its spelled)

    • @indra2981
      @indra2981 Před 4 lety +45

      If you just knew NAVAGUNJARA of hindu mythology

    • @annonimooseq1246
      @annonimooseq1246 Před 4 lety +6

      GalaticCrystal Dream and the manticore

    • @janicesmith6065
      @janicesmith6065 Před 4 lety +5

      Where you think they got it from. Duhh

  • @MickeyCuervo36
    @MickeyCuervo36 Před 7 lety +6552

    Judges: "So you're pure of heart, right?"
    Soul :"Uhhh... yeah..yeah! Yup, totally. Never even eavesdropped!"
    Judges: "What about that time you-"
    Scarab: "S'cool guys. He's with me."
    Judges: "Aight, fair enough."

    • @Vicieron
      @Vicieron Před 7 lety +69

      Miguel Cuervo 😆😄

    • @MrKasnif
      @MrKasnif Před 6 lety +75

      Miguel Cuervo lmfao! pretty much.

    • @tormentedangel667
      @tormentedangel667 Před 6 lety +176

      Pretty much the Scarab be like
      That gangster walking around with people so they can pass to the afterlife

    • @hugo8440
      @hugo8440 Před 6 lety +9

      ahahhahah

    • @GMOBtv
      @GMOBtv Před 6 lety +20

      LMAO!!!..(i wish i had more people to laugh at this with!!!!!!!!!)

  • @manmademach1n3yagnomalac72
    @manmademach1n3yagnomalac72 Před 4 lety +937

    "Ani are you ok, are you ok Ani?"
    You've been hit by
    You've been struck by
    A smooth criminal..

  • @Regnum_Scilandicum
    @Regnum_Scilandicum Před 3 lety +1182

    "the papyrus of ani lies in a british museum"
    *Classic Bri'ish moment*

    • @ashishthesingh
      @ashishthesingh Před 2 lety +51

      Yes. Everything lies there

    • @stefbackup
      @stefbackup Před 2 lety +5

      @@ashishthesingh oml why did you say it like that do you know something we dont? xd

    • @special_summon
      @special_summon Před 2 lety +39

      @@stefbackup many nations that colonized other countries, committed genocide or collected slaves. during that time, they erased a lot of culture and art, but a lot of times they loved the artifacts and wanted to keep them as souvenirs from the places they ransacked. Britain in particular has stolen countless artifacts from places like India, such as the Hope Diamond that was sold to British monarchs, which is now in the US.

    • @yvetteperez8368
      @yvetteperez8368 Před 2 lety +17

      Your right britain has STOLEN SO MANY ANTIQUITIES FROM SO MANY COUNTRIES Britain SHOULD GIVE EVERYTHING BACK TO EGYPT AND INDIA AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IT DOES NOT DESERVE TO HAVE THAT ARTIFACT IN ANY ONE OF THERE MUSEUMS !!!

    • @TRifai1
      @TRifai1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@runevi Ever see the pyramids of Giza? Ever see the Memphis or the Necropolis? They're still standing and will do for as long as the Egyptians are there to protect them. Why? Because we actually love our history more than you'll ever understand and it's part of our culture. Yes some Islamists want to destroy our artifacts but we'll send them to the afterlife before they ever get close to doing that. When terrorists are as prominent in Egypt as they are in Afghanistan then Britain can have our artifacts.

  • @danish5087
    @danish5087 Před 7 lety +5865

    He went through soooo much just to harvest crops??

    • @DJLud100
      @DJLud100 Před 7 lety +406

      If the meaning is symbolic, it may have been worth all the trouble. There could be more to reaping in the afterlife than we imagine.

    • @anubhavjha8494
      @anubhavjha8494 Před 7 lety +391

      I think it means to harvest the goods which you earned from your human life, like reaping the fruit which are product of your good doings in human life, I think that's where the saying comes from "you reap what you sow"

    • @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-
      @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- Před 7 lety +248

      Maybe leaders created the story as a propaganda device to give peons the impression that manual labor is awesome.

    • @candycane9324
      @candycane9324 Před 7 lety +22

      Danish maybe it represents him harvesting food and saving his entire country from starvation?

    • @candycane9324
      @candycane9324 Před 7 lety +11

      well Im stupid...dont judge my idea

  • @gisforhungry
    @gisforhungry Před 6 lety +4315

    i was so obsessed with ancient history as a kid and this just brought me so much throwback childhood happiness plus beautiful graphics

    • @aniqausha.
      @aniqausha. Před 4 lety +8

      Georgine Verano I used to read books on audible sites in school like myon.com

    • @lolal-t2027
      @lolal-t2027 Před 3 lety +24

      When i learned how to read wich was when i was like four or five I read as many books about mythology greek roman and Egyptian as i could. It was so intriguing. I was a pretty wierd kid but i still love mythology.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky Před 3 lety +2

      @@lolal-t2027 are you female?

    • @spooksthesilly
      @spooksthesilly Před 3 lety +2

      I'M a kid

    • @chloe-lk6cu
      @chloe-lk6cu Před 3 lety +2

      Me too!

  • @blackhole3963
    @blackhole3963 Před 3 lety +453

    “The heart is the seat of memory, emotion, and intelligence.”
    Brain: dafaq

    • @bharath4884
      @bharath4884 Před 2 lety +7

      bruh XD

    • @TheKweenII_09
      @TheKweenII_09 Před 2 lety +8

      brain:
      am I a joke to you?
      yes, wtf moment

    • @ObjcetSohwRael
      @ObjcetSohwRael Před 2 lety +1

      Waiting for someone to be whooooooooooooshed...

    • @delight-g279
      @delight-g279 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ObjcetSohwRael r/whoosh

    • @asherke7846
      @asherke7846 Před 2 lety +1

      Anyone who follows brains follows people and government,but anyone who follows his conscience (heart) follows a higher reality

  • @LB-lf9vv
    @LB-lf9vv Před 3 lety +911

    Person: *DIES*
    A christian : i've lived a good life, now i'll just go to heaven
    An egyptian : *i don't now where i am, i don't now where i'm going ,, all i know is that I MUST R U N*

    • @TheMusicEloquence
      @TheMusicEloquence Před 3 lety +47

      "Temple Run" XD

    • @Tommydiistar
      @Tommydiistar Před 3 lety +7

      how do you know youll go to heaven

    • @LB-lf9vv
      @LB-lf9vv Před 3 lety +16

      @@Tommydiistar i didn't say i'll go to heaven, i said a christian could just assume after they've lived a good life they'll go to heavean

    • @TheMusicEloquence
      @TheMusicEloquence Před 3 lety +3

      @@Tommydiistar Tommy I will try to shed some light. Pray the sinners prayer by your self in your locked room, out loud and feel the presence of God. Now that presence will give you the feeling of ultimate confidence because you will feel like your not afraid of death anymore. That is how you know you'll go to heaven. You start expecting it and thanking God for allowing you into his kingdom. Please dont confuse being "religious" VS praying to the one True God. It is written, pray in secret and God will open many secrets to you.
      - Ihave insane stories but too much to share of using this super power.

    • @Tommydiistar
      @Tommydiistar Před 3 lety +8

      @@TheMusicEloquence lol ok if you say so i ask for evidence you ask me to pray typical

  • @ilikecake48
    @ilikecake48 Před 7 lety +2165

    These old belief systems are so different from what you'd imagine, first time I've heard of someone working in heaven of all places.

    • @MRawash
      @MRawash Před 7 lety +61

      It's not that different when you consider that this is one of the earliest concepts of "heaven"and "hell" even the concept of "judgement" after death heavily influenced monotheistic religions that came after it.

    • @UnpredictableSB
      @UnpredictableSB Před 7 lety +81

      I wasn't that caught off guard by it. I one time heard my little cousin ask what they do in heaven, and my Aunt express loudly and happily that they will get on their knees and worship God for eternity. Some people see this world like radical freedom; they need purpose. I think it's scary, honestly.

    • @maj.peppers3332
      @maj.peppers3332 Před 7 lety +65

      UnpredictableSB, honestly that was one of the freakiest things to hear in sunday school. I definitely have many other interests than singing shitty Christian music for all eternity.

    • @Ferelmakina
      @Ferelmakina Před 7 lety +2

      what else would you want to do, in the long run...

    • @UnpredictableSB
      @UnpredictableSB Před 7 lety +12

      Fernando Romera I want to be conscience. Conscienceness in existentialism means the ability for free will. I want the choice to cease to exist. Free will is not a good thing yes, but It is MY thing, and I will willingly choose to not to exist. No God should take your consciences for it's unannounced worship. Of course, I probably won't have this problem after death.

  • @nuniyoa
    @nuniyoa Před 7 lety +462

    i mean if dying was so complex back then, then no wonder there were people who wanted to be immortal

    • @flowersrockthenight
      @flowersrockthenight Před 6 lety +10

      nuni This was the way to become "immortal," seeing how you would forever exist in an afterlife.

    • @newspacia
      @newspacia Před 4 lety

      @Flameheart from Thunderclan I think that was a joke
      -I shall protect you from the reddit kids spamming reddit links-

    • @wistful4684
      @wistful4684 Před 4 lety

      New Space Empire bro that was two years ago, you think they still care

  • @arcticfoxgaming1488
    @arcticfoxgaming1488 Před 3 lety +687

    *Afterlife Depictions:*
    *Christianity:* A heaven in the clouds where you will have whatever you like for an eternity.
    *Buddism:* You are reborn a new as a scared animal.
    *Greek:* You are amongst gods and party forever.
    *Egyptians:* You tend crops for all time, but feel happy about it.

    • @letsomethingshine
      @letsomethingshine Před 3 lety +93

      Buddhism: You are reborn into one of the six paths of imperfection/inadequacy/suffering unless you achieve Nirvana, the mental/spiritual calmness so great that you blow out all fires of judgment and suffering.
      Greek: Paradise Elysian fields for the plebs. Olympus party god-status (free angel) for heroes.
      Egyptian: @3:37 you have no suffering, own some pure farmland, and have a robot doll tend your crops for you so that you can do whatever you want and be able to sustain yourself too.

    • @AjaySharma-le3df
      @AjaySharma-le3df Před 3 lety +78

      Vikings: *valhalla*. I shall dine, drink and fight forever

    • @jameshang673
      @jameshang673 Před 3 lety +42

      Hindu : A long Ride with Yamraj

    • @misterminutes4504
      @misterminutes4504 Před 3 lety +18

      I really want to mention Islam

    • @givensusanto
      @givensusanto Před 3 lety +9

      Arctic Fox Gaming or simply all of them don’t exist, we humans are selfish creatures, we were born with selfishness in order to survive and that selfishness might brought us into the fear of dying which took us to the creation of religion in order to trick our brain that there is life after life😀

  • @surabhi_kumari
    @surabhi_kumari Před 4 lety +175

    *I never thought eavesdropping is a sin until today.*

    • @lisalynette5612
      @lisalynette5612 Před 3 lety +9

      Lol, I said the same exact thing, like really. Not going to do it again

    • @Sonicbro-xx6sg
      @Sonicbro-xx6sg Před 3 lety +16

      Different cultures, different morals. No one culture is right or wrong (compared to others).

    • @mclare71
      @mclare71 Před 2 lety +1

      SAME!!! Hahahahhahah!!!

    • @Obaydur90
      @Obaydur90 Před 2 lety +2

      It is a sin. If you're not religious then consider it morally wrong. People should be given their privacy

    • @PremeRothstein
      @PremeRothstein Před 2 lety +1

      Reading comments are eavesdropping or not

  • @HorustheElder
    @HorustheElder Před 7 lety +1855

    Love this as an Egyptology student, but with two corrections:
    (1) To call it the "Underworld" is probably inaccurate. It's more accurate to refer to it as the "Otherworld", because the Egyptians didn't believe in a heaven above, hell below type deal. Instead it was all the same world, except the Duat was only visible to those who had passed on.
    (2) In regards to the weighing of the heart: some canons insist that the heart must weigh the same as the feather, so the illustration of the heart weighing less than the feather doesn't speak true of all interpretations. This is because weighing less then the feather somehow implies you are greater than truth (Maat), which is impossible. You need to therefore be at one with Maat by weighing the same.
    I draw this from Garry J. Shaw's "The Egyptian Myths", which I thoroughly recommend to anyone interested in more to do with the Egyptian afterlife and world imagination.

    • @lilaroberts7537
      @lilaroberts7537 Před 6 lety +33

      Thanks, your review helped me be more accurate in my ancient civilization report on Egyptian afterlife. Have a great day!

    • @kerbaltubehd5737
      @kerbaltubehd5737 Před 6 lety +2

      Horus the Elder you also need to be one with the RNG

    • @ancientegyptian1841
      @ancientegyptian1841 Před 6 lety +1

      Why doesn't anyone call the Egyptian Capitol by its Egyptian name? Stop calling Waset Thebes Plz.

    • @enbi5440
      @enbi5440 Před 6 lety +14

      I actually knew these because of Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

    • @darkeriossss
      @darkeriossss Před 6 lety +11

      AncientEgyptian because greeeks and romans. the names of the gods are distorted as well. the names should be:
      Osiris- Usir(e)
      Anubis- Anup/Anpu
      Amit- Amemait
      Ra - Re (only time the Ra version was used was in names and words which contained Re's name after the stressed syllable)

  • @samimas4343
    @samimas4343 Před 7 lety +2136

    it's sad to see a country like greece, Egypt, and iraq (Mesopotamia) , once been the cradle of the most advanced civilization now so wretched.

    • @JensenAugustin
      @JensenAugustin Před 7 lety +63

      Sami Mas Because of degenerate Central Asians, and the Persians and Arabs allowing them to have the path of victory

    • @Human791
      @Human791 Před 7 lety +52

      Indus valley civilisation is the oldest

    • @echogaybaldfith7466
      @echogaybaldfith7466 Před 7 lety +68

      Sami Mas history and life is like that. Countries go through good phases, and they go through bad phases

    • @trillionbones89
      @trillionbones89 Před 7 lety +25

      legba eshu legba eshu You mean Alexander The Great? Or the Romans? The crusade never reached Mesopotamia. European imperialism or other involvement was later than that. They might have been the worst, but definitely not the first.

    • @venomas100
      @venomas100 Před 7 lety +82

      Nope, Islam was the worst.

  • @brickwall7723
    @brickwall7723 Před 4 lety +139

    As much as I love watching TED-Ed videos, they failed to mention the growing the crops bit in the afterlife was for the gods. And considering the Egyptians were the most religious people in the ancient world, doing such a thing for their gods would have been considered a great honour.

  • @fargo1234
    @fargo1234 Před 4 lety +196

    Ani prepares and dies to live for an eternity
    *Egyptian problems require Egyptian solutions*

  • @MrHarsh3600
    @MrHarsh3600 Před 7 lety +1700

    Somebody should make a game about it

  • @MegaGoutham123
    @MegaGoutham123 Před 7 lety +369

    the animation and sound on this is amazing... great work

  • @aperson22222
    @aperson22222 Před 3 lety +49

    In my favorite book, _American Gods,_ Shadow Moon meets Anubis. Anubis talks about the weighing-the-heart-against-a-feather thing, and Shadow asks whether people could actually pass the test. Anubis says "Usually; we used a heavy feather."
    Much later in the book Shadow comes down with a mild case of death, and meets Anubis again. The simple test is written to be quite suspenseful without being drawn out. The key phrase is this: "Anubis had a heavy feather, but Shadow had a heavy heart."

  • @BushyHairedStranger
    @BushyHairedStranger Před 2 lety +15

    The Sumerians & Egyptian Mythology is so beautifully constructed. The Symbolism and Mystical lore color their world so uniquely.

  • @MrBelmont79
    @MrBelmont79 Před 7 lety +947

    Those who look down on the concept of farming in heaven have never known the bliss of working at least on a small garden of their own. To smell the earth, to watch plants grow, and the satisfaction of producing something to satisfy someone's hunger is without any equal. In Ancient Rome, the powerful class from the senate to generals aspired to become farmers in retirement. Watch the film the Good Earth from the 30's, it describes the feeling beautifully.

    • @fuckitweballin759
      @fuckitweballin759 Před 5 lety +49

      Belmont79 but there will be a point where farming forever and ever without end will get old. Unless these people are allowed downtime or breaks whenever they wanted then its fine by me

    • @colleennewholy9026
      @colleennewholy9026 Před 5 lety +40

      Which why it's sad that people no longer have that much respect for farmers or even those who live closely with nature...

    • @Moonstar79
      @Moonstar79 Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah, but under the hot Egyptian sun for all eternity.

    • @bonelesspizza5409
      @bonelesspizza5409 Před 4 lety +16

      Belmont79 but the real question is who is telling them to farm and who are they farming for?

    • @jasonlist3253
      @jasonlist3253 Před 4 lety +3

      I would gladly. I love my gardens....

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon Před 7 lety +489

    "They remove every organ except the heart."
    I was told the skin was also an organ.

  • @luuchoo93
    @luuchoo93 Před 4 lety +16

    This video is simply spectacular. It keeps the viewer interested and the animation goes along perfectly

  • @radioactiveseaotter
    @radioactiveseaotter Před 4 lety +82

    Ok, to go to the Egyptian afterlife I must avoid dangerous monsters, proving my innocence and then having Ra send me to freaking farming simulator 2019.

  • @belugaabs
    @belugaabs Před 7 lety +2478

    this will make a good video games

    • @haze300
      @haze300 Před 6 lety +12

      Gonna try it on warcraft 3 world editor.

    • @ishaan2947
      @ishaan2947 Před 6 lety +67

      Rejerico Alejandro assassins creed origins

    • @spicywitch9835
      @spicywitch9835 Před 6 lety +9

      ishaan varde Man that game is so good. I replayed it note than twice lol

    • @ishaan2947
      @ishaan2947 Před 6 lety +9

      Dad's on a hunting trip and I lost my shoe. Ubisoft definitely has made a masterpiece

    • @spicywitch9835
      @spicywitch9835 Před 6 lety +3

      ishaan varde Totally! I love the attention to detail and Bayek's story is very well done. I won't say its my favorite but it's on the top five haha

  • @finnbender7168
    @finnbender7168 Před 6 lety +164

    WHO ELSE FRICKING LOVES EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY? It’s a perfect mix of horror and fairytale that give it its twisted yet intriguing qualities.

    • @mayansbudha4317
      @mayansbudha4317 Před rokem

      Better than isreali Abrahamic mythology and semantic gods.

    • @the6597
      @the6597 Před 8 měsíci +1

      And the artstyle of ancient Egyptian art is so beautiful and unique, too, which adds even more to their awesome mythology

  • @perryrobles2615
    @perryrobles2615 Před 4 lety +21

    Thanks, I was worried that I would have to die “blindly.”
    Thanks to your tutorial, i am confident that I can navigate the underworld.

  • @soggygum
    @soggygum Před 3 lety +143

    "Could u imagine getting in to the afterlife just to plant crops?!"
    ~annie

  • @Yoyomeyo
    @Yoyomeyo Před 7 lety +1202

    tending crops for all of eternity? sounds more like hell..

    • @AmidalaEmma
      @AmidalaEmma Před 7 lety +27

      haha i thought the same thing

    • @Rebecca-qj1uk
      @Rebecca-qj1uk Před 7 lety +24

      Harreh Pottah haha, well, no sadness. Maybe the crops like, cut off half your brain

    • @jimmyelkordy3752
      @jimmyelkordy3752 Před 6 lety +20

      Harreh Pottah maybe it's without any pain and you just always feel happy

    • @gabyoliver3551
      @gabyoliver3551 Před 6 lety +4

      For real

    • @rekilu2640
      @rekilu2640 Před 6 lety +38

      Better than getting constantly getting eaten by something, or being forced to push an unmovable boulder for all eternity

  • @h3egypt
    @h3egypt Před 7 lety +214

    i think it would have helped to mention how the ancient egyptians thought of the nile valley as hevean and the afterlife as returning to the valley this time forever... no one now would want to be a farmer but back 3000 years and it's a totally different place.

    • @TheCagamerda
      @TheCagamerda Před 7 lety +13

      Hagag Hamed now you will watch CZcams in a infinite battery phone without feeling procrastination for eternity

    • @h3egypt
      @h3egypt Před 7 lety +1

      I keep hearing that word.. what is procrastination maybe i should avoid it...

    • @TheCagamerda
      @TheCagamerda Před 7 lety +1

      Hagag Hamed don't doing what you were supposed to like studying or working while doing something fun or relaxing or even nothing at all instead

    • @h3egypt
      @h3egypt Před 7 lety +1

      Ah i do that sometimes.. but you know outside of worktime i spend more time modelling and texturing in blender and taking care of my pigeons than doing nothing... also i think it depends on what you spend your time doing on you tube...

    • @TheCagamerda
      @TheCagamerda Před 7 lety +4

      Hagag Hamed I am supposed to study law but sometimes I just relax and just watch some few random videos and I can catch-up with my studies but there are days that I don't study because I am with extreme sloth and tired of university

  • @serenitymindspace
    @serenitymindspace Před 3 lety +180

    Why is it called “The book of the dead” when it’s a scroll?

    • @David-se5ph
      @David-se5ph Před 3 lety +29

      Back then, books were written not the way we write them today, but on papyrus.

    • @letsomethingshine
      @letsomethingshine Před 3 lety +15

      The papyrus scrolls about this process are actually called "The chapters of going forth by day." Especially since a lot of the Egyptians at the time thought the afterlife was on the other side of the world underneath them where the Sun goes when it sets here.

    • @kdrobins7114
      @kdrobins7114 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes the “Book of the Dead” is an incorrect false title for the name of the scroll as was mentioned in another comment on here. You also have to then consider if they have a false name of the title of the scroll what other falsehoods, twisted facts, and mistruths are they also spreading? Im disappointed with this TED video, usually they are informative but this one is misleading and the author does not have a clear understanding of the Kemet (Egyptian) spiritual system and Maat.

    • @marcusjonson4441
      @marcusjonson4441 Před 3 lety

      @@kdrobins7114 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @SF-os4cq
      @SF-os4cq Před 3 lety

      Numerous scrolls are actually used I have a replica of a whole set

  • @FizzleBerry666
    @FizzleBerry666 Před 2 lety +13

    When I was little I was obsessed with archaeology, and mythology or ancient civilizations..
    This brings back such good memories for me!

  • @Jerome...
    @Jerome... Před 7 lety +195

    When life sucked so much, the best eternity you could imagine was 'endless farm work''.

    • @LughSummerson
      @LughSummerson Před 7 lety +46

      I think you're missing the point. Ani's reward was that he got to return to an idealised youth, working happily with his parents.

    • @hanssmirnov9946
      @hanssmirnov9946 Před 7 lety +19

      Without any sadness or pain.

    • @ARMeNshokeR
      @ARMeNshokeR Před 7 lety +5

      because they were not as lazy as you are. They liked to work but for you it's a negative thing)

    • @Jerome...
      @Jerome... Před 7 lety +2

      Such a dumb answer ... so, people who aren't lazy can't imagine something more fun than work? Even if you like your work, you should be able to imagine something you'd like more.

    • @ARMeNshokeR
      @ARMeNshokeR Před 7 lety +5

      no, without work life is boring

  • @InMaTeofDeath
    @InMaTeofDeath Před 7 lety +230

    So this is the book used to take away Imhotep's immortality right?

    • @JaviG3
      @JaviG3 Před 7 lety +48

      InMaTeofDeath actually, that was the Book of Life. According to the Mummy series, the Book of the Dead granted life while the Book of Life took it away.

    • @lunaindustrys2601
      @lunaindustrys2601 Před 7 lety

      Ditto

    • @BrawnyBuddha
      @BrawnyBuddha Před 7 lety +19

      I thought Brendan Fraser took away Imhotep's immortality...

    • @JaviG3
      @JaviG3 Před 7 lety +21

      rayn nope, it was Evelyn who read from the Book of Life

    • @nmlssrdshrt1701
      @nmlssrdshrt1701 Před 7 lety +2

      It was the book of Amun-Ra that took away Imhotep's immortality, you know, the golden one Johnathan dropped into the water while escaping.

  • @saeyi8961
    @saeyi8961 Před 2 lety +1

    This is such a great channel… I can learn about history I’m interested in with clear and captivating animations, easy-to-understand narrations and actual information

  • @theweirdshow2860
    @theweirdshow2860 Před 2 lety +3

    I love learning about ancient Egypt and all of this stuff, as I find it just fascinating

  • @althafgiffary2852
    @althafgiffary2852 Před 7 lety +1113

    So being a nice person for entire life leads you to become a farmer?. Not worth the pain

    • @Reena2784
      @Reena2784 Před 7 lety +98

      Yeah, but you become a happy immortal farmer who won’t be able to feel bad emotions anymore, only good ones. And you'll be with the loves ones. And if you chose not to become one then you'll stop existing forever..

    • @Razzlion
      @Razzlion Před 7 lety +75

      "but you become a happy immortal farmer who won’t be able to feel bad emotions anymore" Sounds more like a dead machine than a person. I think i would opt out and stop existing instead.

    • @DecoyBlackMage
      @DecoyBlackMage Před 7 lety +78

      So like the christian heaven, you lose the ability of free will. Either you become an entity that has no will or you cease to exist, but in reality both choices have the exact same outcome, you cease to be you.

    • @LemonadeMouthSomebod
      @LemonadeMouthSomebod Před 7 lety +41

      Good emotions are good because the bad ones exist. If there's no bad, than there's no good.

    • @laalki80
      @laalki80 Před 7 lety +23

      Nah, I think you can fuck around as you please because of that beetle-guy who hides your sins. Very much like asking for forgiveness in Christianity.

  • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
    @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv Před 7 lety +58

    Actually, it wasn't a pure ostrich feather, it was the feather of a bennu (what we call a pheonix) and it's weight was equal to that of one human soul.

    • @samrevlej9331
      @samrevlej9331 Před rokem

      If your source is Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles, allow me to have my doubts.

    • @someanthropologist
      @someanthropologist Před 9 měsíci

      I think that the common interpretation is that the feather is or is linked to the Goddess Ma'at, who embodies the concept of truth as well as order, justice and harmony.

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv Před 9 měsíci

      @@samrevlej9331 The Bennu appears outside of just purely Egyptian mythos. It appeared to Alexander the Great when he sought out the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis and was also seemingly seen by future-Roman Emperor Vespasian during his time as Governor of the Roman Province of Cyrenaica and Crete, in the reign of Claudius.

  • @ashleyfernandes2740
    @ashleyfernandes2740 Před 3 lety +1

    I really liked your videos so i subscribed to them .I really like the calm way you talk in this video and your video was really helpful.I just cant stop watching this video of yours,thank you very much for making this video.
    -Sincerly Ashley

  • @krissyyy6148
    @krissyyy6148 Před 5 lety +2

    Honestly, one of the reasons why I keep coming back to this video os because your voice is so satisfying to listen to

  • @AMcGrath82
    @AMcGrath82 Před 6 lety +586

    Man, people are so entitled these days they'd rather CEASE TO EXIST than have to tend crops. Smh.

    • @scienceandmusic4295
      @scienceandmusic4295 Před 6 lety +21

      Alexander McGrath I wouldn’t just tend to crops, i would talk to others, have fun, work hard, sleep in peace and repeat.

    • @fuckitweballin759
      @fuckitweballin759 Před 5 lety +30

      Its better to die than have to repeat a endless routine of farming without breaks(that is to say these people you talk about want to do better things than tending heavenly crops forever )

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 5 lety +15

      @@fuckitweballin759 Where exactly is it said that they do it without breaks? That doesn't make so much sense considered that most of the time crops are just doing their own thing.

    • @tatianadashkova2143
      @tatianadashkova2143 Před 5 lety +10

      Alexander McGrath you are working with you loved ones and don’t feel pain and other bad emotions. For me it’s a good deal

    • @Moonstar79
      @Moonstar79 Před 4 lety +7

      Not that we'd rather cease to exist, just... have you ever tried planting stuff under the Egyptian sun?

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O6 Před 7 lety +49

    TED-Ed telling me a bedtime story now?

  • @dslchr9191
    @dslchr9191 Před 3 lety +1

    Please make more videos about ancient Egypt. They are really interesting!

  • @todayivegotnotroublesinsight

    This is probably the best time Ive ever had learning facts the animation is well made and i just have No words other than amazing

  • @ravijay4561
    @ravijay4561 Před 5 lety +6

    Egyptian ideas are so beautiful

  • @MedEighty
    @MedEighty Před 7 lety +779

    They sure smoked a lot of questionable things in those days.

    • @ZetaMoolah
      @ZetaMoolah Před 7 lety +66

      MedEighty Mankind has been getting high for over 12,000 years.

    • @MedEighty
      @MedEighty Před 7 lety +33

      ACAY...and, sadly, creating religions as a result.

    • @Redster3
      @Redster3 Před 7 lety +49

      MedEighty Religion isn't really bad though. One of the main purposes of ancient religions was to create an understanding of the world and to allow communities to connect. It was to remind people of how we all connected to nature. Sadly, thanks to greed, power lust, and corruption that all changed.... *stares at Catholic church*

    • @philistine3260
      @philistine3260 Před 7 lety +7

      Jose Mendez
      It was always a tool to control the crowds.

    • @erickcoronel6230
      @erickcoronel6230 Před 6 lety

      LMFAO

  • @marciahill7946
    @marciahill7946 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful
    Thankyou. Thoughtfully done and a complex subject simplified xxxx more please

  • @Armanacat
    @Armanacat Před 5 lety +3

    Love this video! Artistic and trustworthy! Love history, especially Egyptology! Go Teded!

  • @meijimarts111
    @meijimarts111 Před 7 lety +305

    The only thing different with Christianity is that I can't cheat my way to heaven even though I pre-paid magical spells and tomes

    • @rasaecnai
      @rasaecnai Před 7 lety +68

      well if you are roman catholic you can ask the living to pray for you and light some candles and you know donate money to the church and LO the priest will pray for your soul and buy you passage to heaven

    • @92Roar
      @92Roar Před 7 lety +16

      Meiji Marts Many Barons and other influential figures in history donated large sums of money to churches for that very reason. Whether it worked or not is not for me to say, but that's the same reason why, even to this day, churches are exempt from taxes.

    • @cvetkojovcevski645
      @cvetkojovcevski645 Před 7 lety +5

      Rory More no church should have money, only people who devote there time and effort

    • @hkmarhk
      @hkmarhk Před 7 lety +4

      Befriend with St. peter; he may let you in ;)

    • @Rebecca-qj1uk
      @Rebecca-qj1uk Před 7 lety +6

      Yeah, I love that part about God. Forgiveness is the base of our God really

  • @TheMcKenzieHaus
    @TheMcKenzieHaus Před 6 lety +7

    An eternity tending to my plot of land, growing my Garden sounds pretty good. Especially to see my parents again and other family. That’s a heck of a journey. Would make a great movie.

  • @orel2109
    @orel2109 Před 3 lety +10

    Apep: Ooh! Another easy soul to eat-
    Ani: Hippity hoppity my spells will be casted on your property

  • @caitlinarcher1780
    @caitlinarcher1780 Před 3 lety +1

    This is really important to me and what it's about brings me back to Ancient Egyptian History.

  • @jerrydai5967
    @jerrydai5967 Před 6 lety +5

    Apep looks so happy, waltzing through the Duat and swallowing souls

  • @oliviahesson881
    @oliviahesson881 Před 7 lety +27

    This is amazing. It's such a cool video to put up on Halloween as well!

  • @raqueljardim5966
    @raqueljardim5966 Před 3 lety +13

    If you're interested in the Book of the Dead, there's Awakening Osiris, by Normandi Ellis, which gives it a poetical point of view. It's beautiful, really, even if it's not historically accurate.

  • @jazzy6350
    @jazzy6350 Před 4 lety

    It's really good you make these videos, they are really interesting

  • @mariolinton
    @mariolinton Před 7 lety +16

    This was a great lesson. Thank you!

  • @Fire66300
    @Fire66300 Před 7 lety +95

    This ONE easy trick will ensure your journey to the afterlife!
    Click to learn more>>
    Why are you here?

  • @bridgetdavis9752
    @bridgetdavis9752 Před 3 lety +17

    Great job, thank you!
    Fun fact: the Egyptians didn't call this the Book of the Dead, they called it The Book of Going Forth by Day. Our world is considered a dim, dark, dream of a place.

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables Před rokem +4

    Wow, spectacular storytelling! Thank you 😃🙏🏽

  • @veergala6433
    @veergala6433 Před 7 lety +7

    Loved it! Especially interesting to learn about the role of the scarab beetle.

    • @str.77
      @str.77 Před rokem

      Do you still love it, 6 years later?

  • @forestfairyfoxmce5767
    @forestfairyfoxmce5767 Před 7 lety +4

    I loooooooove this animation! :) It's so smooth and elegant!!! :3

  • @GM-wq6kq
    @GM-wq6kq Před 2 lety +6

    Steven Grant would love this, he probably has personal problems with Ammit though.

  • @JonathanMBruno-pn9ov
    @JonathanMBruno-pn9ov Před 4 lety

    Incrível! Obrigado, Ted.

  • @gabrielf4750
    @gabrielf4750 Před 6 lety +53

    One of the scene remind me of a dream I had When I were still a child. In the dream I walked slowly into a golden crop field and my mum who had grown old appeared watering the crops. We were both smiling peacefully.

    • @1984potionlover
      @1984potionlover Před 5 lety +11

      Who knows, perhaps the ancient Egyptians had it right after all. It sounds like it was a very pleasant dream you had.

    • @camerontaylor7471
      @camerontaylor7471 Před 4 lety +8

      It’s the simple things in life that are the most precious!

    • @gustavakerman2566
      @gustavakerman2566 Před 3 lety +5

      My dreams tend to set me on fire, or get me eaten by a giant cat, or literally inception with a side of dark souls...

    • @gabrielf4750
      @gabrielf4750 Před 3 lety +4

      @@gustavakerman2566 there is One who can save you, and you should know his name.

    • @gustavakerman2566
      @gustavakerman2566 Před 3 lety +1

      Who?

  • @alemon2175
    @alemon2175 Před 7 lety +3

    This is surprisingly entertaining XD I love these supernatural history videos!

  • @sammimitsu
    @sammimitsu Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful graphics and great information. Thank you! By the way, how did viziers dress, please?

  • @bryanjohnson2847
    @bryanjohnson2847 Před 3 lety +14

    2:11 I love how the TED talk guy says that he stealthily avoids APEP but in reality he just mario slides under him.

  • @ironvanguard7219
    @ironvanguard7219 Před 6 lety +202

    He who dances in blood.
    You mean my kid? He walked on ketchup.

  • @derekl126
    @derekl126 Před 4 lety +29

    2:08 Super Mario music plays

  • @ChonkmanSupreme
    @ChonkmanSupreme Před 2 lety +11

    "Ani's Papyrus rests in the British Museum" What a surprise!!!

  • @Sun.Shine-
    @Sun.Shine- Před 2 lety +9

    Rest in peace for all those who died in egypt during the era, properly mummified or not. I bet they had different experience after their deaths than what is depicted here 🙌

  • @LegoCookieDoggie
    @LegoCookieDoggie Před 7 lety +47

    We still remember his name today so that means something.

    • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
      @Kardia_of_Rhodes Před 7 lety +4

      You can't live forever, but your legacy can. So choose wisely.

    • @darkeriossss
      @darkeriossss Před 6 lety +4

      the most famous Egyptian ruler is one the least significant ones. Tutanchamon ruled only a few years before dying and being replaced by his Vezir Aje (pronounced as Aye). his tomb was so unsignificant, that it was forgotten shortly after his death, thus it was not looted as much as tombs of greater rulers.
      this says something about remembering the 'important' things in history

    • @ZHH_Studios
      @ZHH_Studios Před 4 lety +1

      Martin Michalik what’s a vezir aje?

    • @ZHH_Studios
      @ZHH_Studios Před 4 lety

      Wait you said wazir, so I guess like prime minister or vice president

  • @peterdue7676
    @peterdue7676 Před 7 lety +28

    ''With names like: He who dances in blood'' well thats catchy i guess...

  • @lucaszanella641
    @lucaszanella641 Před 2 lety +2

    Obrigado por disponibilizar as legendas em Português BR 😍

  • @bunnybro5977
    @bunnybro5977 Před 3 lety +16

    Dude,imagine if Ani went through the trouble of writing the book and his family forgot to add the Shabti doll

  • @theperv01
    @theperv01 Před 7 lety +50

    This would make an awesome indi game

  • @Elfos64
    @Elfos64 Před 5 lety +69

    I wonder if Marvel Comics took inspiration from this, I remember that Thanos became a humble farmer after he learned his lesson from the whole Infinity Stone ordeal.

    • @samsaxena6659
      @samsaxena6659 Před 3 lety +1

      tru

    • @KoopaEnthusiast
      @KoopaEnthusiast Před 3 lety +1

      Huh. Seems accurate!

    • @Sun.Shine-
      @Sun.Shine- Před 2 lety

      Wow, that is a nice symbolism there. Until the avengers came and took revenge ✌️

    • @Elfos64
      @Elfos64 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Sun.Shine- in the movies yes, but I'm talking about the comics.

    • @Elfos64
      @Elfos64 Před 2 lety

      @Neptune Again, I'm talking about the original comics, not the movies.

  • @pizzasquad6456
    @pizzasquad6456 Před 2 lety +2

    Underworld: *filled with terrible monsters and creatures*
    Ani: *skips happily and hurdles 50% of the monsters*

  • @hebamalik_
    @hebamalik_ Před 4 lety +2

    Great video, only I have one question:
    What was Ani smoking and where to find it?

  • @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-

    Makes just as much sense as any other religion's beliefs.

    • @enntheelementale7461
      @enntheelementale7461 Před 7 lety +39

      In other words, it's comprehensive, readable and makes sense in context

    • @vasectomyfail442
      @vasectomyfail442 Před 7 lety +11

      more like gratuitous, confusing and practically obligatory

    • @profaneslave
      @profaneslave Před 7 lety +28

      What wasn't mentioned, is the more $ you gave the high priest, the less monsters you would encounter in your journey. Origin of the modern day collection plate..................

    • @aqrifyln6719
      @aqrifyln6719 Před 7 lety +7

      There is theistic Buddhism, where you reincarnate as a higher or lesser creature, but there is also just Buddhism as a philosophy.

    • @hacm1925
      @hacm1925 Před 7 lety +7

      David S. edgy

  • @sayanchakraborty3720
    @sayanchakraborty3720 Před 3 lety +7

    The “Book of the Dead” provides a wonderful insight into how a person can understand that the ultimate goal of a man’s life is to happily reap the crops of his good deeds in the afterlife. Ani is the HERO of the “Book of the Dead” and truly what happens after DEATH continues to puzzle mankind since it's existence. The rest, as we say, is buried in the Court of Ma’at.
    I will love to explore the full contents of the Book before I die. I need time to prepare the specific codes and magic spells to declare a sin I haven't committed!

  • @adamc1966
    @adamc1966 Před 2 lety

    Love the animation.

  • @cansuyersal
    @cansuyersal Před rokem

    This is so beautiful. 💜💜🙏

  • @abdelwahebelhouimel7327
    @abdelwahebelhouimel7327 Před 5 lety +16

    0:54 brain: am I a joke to you

    • @-khushlush
      @-khushlush Před 4 lety +1

      He mentioned brain as well

    • @NowNormal
      @NowNormal Před 2 lety

      @@-khushlush lies

    • @goldngamer1365
      @goldngamer1365 Před rokem

      The Brain saying that the heart is the seat of emotion, memory, and intelligence:
      🧠 🔫🧠

  • @viakat
    @viakat Před 2 lety +3

    Ani: mom! Dad! I missed yo-
    Ani's parents: grow your crops or get the belt.

  • @jakobipowell2228
    @jakobipowell2228 Před 5 lety +2

    The narrator's voice is sooo soothing😍

  • @iamnevaeh8703
    @iamnevaeh8703 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this video so much it’s very simple for my child to understand 🥰🤗

  • @jaytea3085
    @jaytea3085 Před 6 lety +3

    can you make one of these videos on the mythology surrounding Día de los Muertos, please?

  • @Kanyyint
    @Kanyyint Před 4 lety +47

    0:56: him: deceit of emotion ,”memory” and “intelligence “
    Me: am I a joke to you* shows the brain*

    • @zeynabbbb
      @zeynabbbb Před 4 lety +4

      The Egyptians thought the brain was just skull filling and they scooped it out before the mummification process

    • @Kanyyint
      @Kanyyint Před 4 lety +1

      Facts

    • @Kanyyint
      @Kanyyint Před 4 lety +1

      Straight facts

  • @sandyadkins2637
    @sandyadkins2637 Před rokem

    Please do more videos on this and dream Interpretations

  • @boyajaanahvi13263
    @boyajaanahvi13263 Před 2 lety

    thank u ted ed we owe u really😊