The Importance Of Death In Ancient Egypt | Life & Death In The Valley Of The Kings | Real History

Dr Joann Fletcher looks at the mysterious world of the ancient Egyptian afterlife and reveals a strange and mysterious world. To them life was just a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife they were trying to reach. Joann clambers into rarely visited tombs, explores a treasure trove of long-buried objects and examines spectacular mummies to discover just why the Egyptians spent a fortune preparing for death - and what they hoped to find when they got there.
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[@questtube6100]

Incredibly narrated with profound knowledge and emotions. Thanks to Dr. Joann Fletcher. I have really become her true fan. 👌♥️🙏

[@blueravin2352]

Dr.Joann Fletcher I really love the respect and dignity in which you treat the diseased ancient people and when you become so emotional at seeing the Hieroglyphs of their after-life wishes, It's very touching I have to visit Egypt very soon..on My bucket list. Great presentation.😍

[@languageantics]

Thank you. Shukran. Would love to visit Egypt!!

[@brettwilson3142]

Love this stuff...

[@cleverfitz779]

Good evening everyone

[@ssherrierable]

Them Egyptians knew something that’s been lost to time somehow when it comes to death. They knew what we will never know somehow, nobody would do everything they did to prepare for afterlife if they weren’t 100% sure.

[@happydan20]

So if someone sets them on fire to go to the afterlife, the act of setting themselves on fire validates it as "100 percent sure?" Just because a society creates an elaborate social structure with rituals doesn't make it "true." Effort doesn't equal accuracy. If half the world decided to kill themselves it wouldn't automatically mean they knew something special. Egyptians aren't some long lost civilization, they still exist today.