Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Champion

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  • čas přidán 3. 04. 2016
  • The Great Inscription of Amen-Em-Heb details the rise of an Egyptian soldier to commander of the Pharaoh's army, chronicling the battles in which he fought and the enemies he defeated and took prisoner.
    Amen-Em-Heb served as a soldier in the Egyptian army under Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479 BC to 1425 BC) and under his son Amenhotep II.
    Most notably, Amen-Em-Heb fought a bull elephant in hand-to-hand combat and emerged victorious, hacking off the the beast's foot while it was still alive. His skills as a soldier brought him to the Pharaoh's attention, who rewarded him with wealth and promotion.
    Source: www.sacred-texts.com/ane/rp/rp...
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Komentáře • 95

  • @lysytoszef
    @lysytoszef Před 8 lety +30

    This guy was flawless at taking prisoners in bulk!

    • @chrisd2051
      @chrisd2051 Před 7 lety

      How do you think slavery became such a big thing?

  • @Drew_McTygue
    @Drew_McTygue Před 8 lety +9

    Listening to the tales of this ancient warrior's victories recounted by Sargon is like having warm butter poured into my ear.

  • @gamefreakblog
    @gamefreakblog Před 8 lety +19

    The literal ancient Egyptian says of the elephant battle that Amenemheb cut of it's "hand". I would imagine that cutting off an elephant's foot would be quite a difficult task. The thought is that he actually cut off the end of the trunk, not the foot.

  • @NanamanTheLEGEND
    @NanamanTheLEGEND Před 8 lety +23

    I really wish this channel of yours was a bit more active with it's content, sagon.
    I realise it's a bit too demanding, but it'd be nice

  • @roknor
    @roknor Před 7 lety +7

    la·cu·na (noun):
    an unfilled space or interval; a gap.
    a missing portion in a book or manuscript.

  • @uncannymatt5904
    @uncannymatt5904 Před 8 lety +58

    They Wuz Kangz.

    • @JAKECUB100
      @JAKECUB100 Před 8 lety

      +UncannyMatt OMFG LOL!

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat Před 8 lety +5

      Ayo hol up hol up hol up

    • @yazid709
      @yazid709 Před 8 lety

      When white people think Europeans were the reason for Egyptian civilization.

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat Před 8 lety +3

      Mughal-e-Azam Dey wuzn't kangs, we wuz!

  • @Feminismisfornobody
    @Feminismisfornobody Před 8 lety +26

    1:28 that ain't a great reward fam

  • @WesternWhiteWolf
    @WesternWhiteWolf Před 8 lety +10

    As a big giant Egyptophile, thanks for this video!

  • @Destichado
    @Destichado Před 8 lety +1

    I have to be in the right mood to listen to these, but I'm always glad they're here. Major props for putting the original source material out there for the world to listen to.

  • @roullemaskin
    @roullemaskin Před 5 lety +2

    im so glad these are back, this is by far your best content

  • @ZURATAMA1324
    @ZURATAMA1324 Před 8 lety +20

    *Sargon:* "To follow the god who penetrates..."
    *Feminists:* Raaaaaaapppppeeee!!!

    • @90hijacked
      @90hijacked Před 8 lety +1

      +ZURATAMA1324 I bow down before thy
      ps; hello again, have a good day~

  • @NanamanTheLEGEND
    @NanamanTheLEGEND Před 8 lety +3

    "Under fuck-knows the third"

  • @GEhotpants101
    @GEhotpants101 Před 8 lety +6

    Being pharaoh sounds like it would have been annoying. Imagine everyone speaking to you like this in such a cloyingly sycophantic manner _all the time._ And then, when someone didn't that would be even more annoying, because you're a god, damn it.

  • @jetlee4life5164
    @jetlee4life5164 Před 8 lety +19

    in b4 "WE WUZ KANGS N SHIT"

  • @joeyroy7864
    @joeyroy7864 Před 8 lety +1

    I gatta say, this channel is quite fun.

  • @Astorath_the_Grim
    @Astorath_the_Grim Před 8 lety +8

    If I turn down the brightness on my monitor the people in these pictures become Africans; WE WUZ KANGS N SHIT!!!

  • @BVargas78
    @BVargas78 Před 8 lety

    Pretty cool, i was unaware of this inscription.

  • @cantwakeup4967
    @cantwakeup4967 Před 8 lety +5

    TIL what lacuna means (I'm from germany).
    In the previous videos I always wondered why the egyptians would say it constantly and at absolutely random passages. I thought it was some kind of phrase.

    • @libinwang2267
      @libinwang2267 Před 8 lety +4

      +God Emperor Trump Just for clarification, Lacuna means "an unreadable part".

  • @LumiKuuro
    @LumiKuuro Před 8 lety +4

    Is that "lagunah" a phrase or word to indicate portion of the translation missing or what? It seems to be prevalent in every ancient texts that you get your hands on XD

    • @MenwithHill
      @MenwithHill Před 8 lety +9

      Yes. It comes from the latin for "lake" or more aptly any sort of depression in the ground that collects water. The best equivalent to the literary use of it would be a gap.

    • @LumiKuuro
      @LumiKuuro Před 8 lety

      Good to know, thank you for clarification =_=

  • @Albukhshi
    @Albukhshi Před 8 lety +2

    @ 2:13
    he also gives derp-faces eternally:
    upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Thutmose_III_Head.jpg
    (Seriously though: guy was a badass: he even practically becomes the subject of this guy's autobiography).

  • @David_Brinkerhoff93
    @David_Brinkerhoff93 Před 8 lety +4

    Hey Sargon, do you think you could you do an audio recording of Marcus Aurelius Meditations? That would be awesome.

  • @zoidinoberger
    @zoidinoberger Před 8 lety +7

    4:54 "and to follow god, who penetrates" that´s my god

  • @freedomordeath89
    @freedomordeath89 Před 8 lety +36

    I hate that Lacuna guy! Always writing his name in ancient scripts!

    • @Drew_McTygue
      @Drew_McTygue Před 8 lety +3

      That's offensive! we don't know the preferred gender pronoun of lacuna

    • @freedomordeath89
      @freedomordeath89 Před 8 lety +4

      Lacuna sounds like a pokemon name..was he a japanese perhaps?

    • @uberethair
      @uberethair Před 8 lety +4

      Lacuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase

    • @ZURATAMA1324
      @ZURATAMA1324 Před 8 lety

      I bet he's a Jew.

    • @paultreitel2661
      @paultreitel2661 Před 8 lety

      +Drew McTygue Actually, we do. It's derived from the Latin lacuna, meaning a hole or defect. And even better, lacuna is feminine. YOU WERE ALL WRONG!
      Etymology, bitch!

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 Před 5 lety

    Wow

  • @justinritchey2967
    @justinritchey2967 Před 8 lety +1

    kept re-listening to the first five/six seconds hearing "FuckKnows the third" and was wondering if this was a troll. got a good laugh out of this.

  • @FlandreScarlette
    @FlandreScarlette Před 8 lety

    if you make a video explaining the clusterfuck that was the war of the league of cambri i will love u forever

  • @EarFarce4
    @EarFarce4 Před 8 lety +6

    Can someone please explain to me what lacuna here means ?

    • @Kamjay27
      @Kamjay27 Před 8 lety +10

      It means that part of the document is missing, I suppose

    • @EarFarce4
      @EarFarce4 Před 8 lety

      +Kamjay What about end of paragraph ?

    • @EarFarce4
      @EarFarce4 Před 8 lety

      Thank you both.

  • @amethystwyvern
    @amethystwyvern Před 8 lety

    Rather detailed for a pictograph language

  • @ArchaicStigma
    @ArchaicStigma Před 8 lety +1

    Whats Lukuna mean?

    • @Whitemonkey510
      @Whitemonkey510 Před 6 lety +4

      Chris Pie All Lacuna, it's like a lost gap in the text.

  • @teanistillmon3341
    @teanistillmon3341 Před rokem

    Kick butt and taking names

  • @novelkars835
    @novelkars835 Před 8 lety

    hmm interesting
    i wonder what will be next....

  • @shaydenismat7786
    @shaydenismat7786 Před 8 lety +1

    lacuna

  • @prudentparatrooper385
    @prudentparatrooper385 Před 8 lety +1

    Sargon, I have 2 words for you Plato's Republic

  • @mikesemon7392
    @mikesemon7392 Před 6 lety

    In the rest of the story (lacuna)

  • @billingtonmarc25
    @billingtonmarc25 Před 8 lety

    Lakuna?

  • @MarcinP2
    @MarcinP2 Před 7 lety

    What is Aleppo?
    Who is Lacuna?

    • @sh-hg4eg
      @sh-hg4eg Před 2 lety

      Aleppo is an early 20th century anti tank artillery used by the British. Lacuna is some guy who writes his name all over ancient manuscripts.

  • @boscothegreat8219
    @boscothegreat8219 Před 8 lety +2

    Lacuna

  • @makebritaingreatagain2613

    The King Of The North! :p

  • @operez6519
    @operez6519 Před 8 lety +4

    HOL UP!

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat Před 8 lety +3

      *smacks lips*

    • @sh-hg4eg
      @sh-hg4eg Před 2 lety

      Google translate tried to translate this, haha.

  • @novelkars835
    @novelkars835 Před 8 lety

    also, is this "we wuz kings/kangs" supposed to mean? .-.

  • @Terrorkekx
    @Terrorkekx Před 8 lety

    "Rising like Horus, son if ISIS"...okay that sounded weird for a moment. But isnt it interesting how the Flag of ISIS has an white disk in the middle...like the Sun-Crown that Horus wears? Coincidence?

    • @melonfox17
      @melonfox17 Před 8 lety +1

      +Terrorkekx 100% unrelated. As a pagan that worships the Egyptian Gods of old, that I can assure you. ISIS is the opposite of what my Gods would want.

    • @sh-hg4eg
      @sh-hg4eg Před 2 lety

      @@melonfox17 You workship Egyptian gods? Are you Egyptian? If not, why?

  • @guyinreallife6035
    @guyinreallife6035 Před 8 lety

    great vid, but i got a bit of a kick out of hearing your kid in the background, lol, cute ;)

  • @PopGoesTheology
    @PopGoesTheology Před 4 lety

    "Then the king of north & south - the truth speaker - ascended to heaven to unite himself with the solar disc and to follow god who penetrates when he makes himself luminous under the form of the solar disc, which illuminates the sky at the same time that it shines. The king - the son of the Sun, Amenhotep, the giver of life - establishing himself on the throne of his father... All the mountain and plane, he granted unto them the breath of life.." (4:45)

  • @gamefreakblog
    @gamefreakblog Před 8 lety +5

    The literal ancient Egyptian says of the elephant battle that Amenemheb cut of it's "hand". I would imagine that cutting off an elephant's foot would be quite a difficult task. The thought is that he actually cut off the end of the trunk, not the foot.