Queen Nefertiti of Egypt

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
  • Nefertiti was Queens at the height of the Ancient Egypt Empire’s wealth and power. She and her husband began a religious revolution and built a new capital city. And Nefertiti rose to the level of co-Pharaoh, one of the few female rulers in the empire’s history. She was also the step mother and mother in law of King Tutankhamun. But much about her life remains shrouded in mystery. Her most famous image, this pristinely preserved bust is a tantalizing glimpse at the life of one of the ancient world’s great Queens.
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Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @Kingpowch
    @Kingpowch 3 года назад +2812

    Historians: Charles II is the epitome of royal inbreeding.
    Tutankhamun: *Hold my crown*

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +19

      🤝🤝🤝🤔🤔🤗🤗

    • @piratesswoop725
      @piratesswoop725 3 года назад +49

      Cleopatra was probably just as bad!

    • @kalij8277
      @kalij8277 3 года назад +34

      @@piratesswoop725 that’s what I think as well. But a lot of movies/literature refers to her as this super beautiful woman...

    • @SungSNam
      @SungSNam 3 года назад +67

      @@piratesswoop725 yeah she married both her brothers, but at least she didn’t have kids with them! Her kids were fathered by mark antony and Julius Caesar

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 3 года назад +57

      @@kalij8277 The ancient sources say that she mostly was cunning and charming not that she was particulary beautifull in appearence.

  • @c00mgoblin
    @c00mgoblin 3 года назад +2552

    No lie I’m a little sour that Germany won’t give Egypt back ITS OWN FOSSIL. Like what? It literally belongs to them?

    • @HolasoyMai
      @HolasoyMai 3 года назад +33

      Yes

    • @c00mgoblin
      @c00mgoblin 3 года назад +83

      @Mexican Doggo So your logic to Germany harboring things that belong Egypt... Because Britain stole things too?
      Delusional.

    • @HolasoyMai
      @HolasoyMai 3 года назад +21

      @@c00mgoblin A mummy is not a fossil and it can't be stolen because it doesn't have an owner.

    • @retaj6840
      @retaj6840 3 года назад +104

      @@HolasoyMai it literally is tho

    • @anglerfish4161
      @anglerfish4161 3 года назад +266

      @@HolasoyMai It was literally excavated on their land and belongs to their cultural heritage. The only reason it's in Europe is colonialism.

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O 3 года назад +1711

    He fell in love after smelling her hair?
    Whoever sold Nefertiti her perfume (or wax perfume cones) better have gotten ALL THE BUSINESS after that. 💰

    • @klove8255
      @klove8255 3 года назад +112

      I want whatever he was selling, maybe I could get a man too lol

    • @egypttreyn53
      @egypttreyn53 3 года назад +16

      I think its cause they had filthy hair issues then

    • @electricangel4488
      @electricangel4488 3 года назад +118

      @@egypttreyn53 you'd be surprised. most cultures have ways to clean themselfs. the egyptians all lived a mile from a river the proable washed the hair. And a queen proably smelled of roses.

    • @SungSNam
      @SungSNam 3 года назад +4

      Hi Lauren!

    • @Lauren.E.O
      @Lauren.E.O 3 года назад +35

      @@egypttreyn53 I know a lot of royals wore wigs instead, but perfume was still a pretty big business back then.

  • @jozieash5016
    @jozieash5016 3 года назад +2389

    Ahhh yes... European museums refusing to give African artifacts back.

    • @jentlesites
      @jentlesites 3 года назад +199

      But like are we surprised 😭🤚

    • @CC-rm9uq
      @CC-rm9uq 3 года назад +68

      @@user-mc6zk8tc8c what does that have to do with Europeans stealing their historical artifacts.

    • @user-mc6zk8tc8c
      @user-mc6zk8tc8c 3 года назад +77

      @@CC-rm9uq Bcz they Keep saying "Europeans".....but which Europeans? There are many countries in Europe and many ethnic groups. So which one? Maybe go try fix the problems instead of lying and pointing fingers at all Europeans.

    • @CC-rm9uq
      @CC-rm9uq 3 года назад +245

      @@user-mc6zk8tc8c girl are you okay? nobody is lying, it is a fact that Germany and the UK STOLE cultural artifacts from Egypt and that they refuse to give it back but tbh you cant expect anything better from the original colonizers. I dont know why you keep bringing up their "problems" as to defer from the original statement. So because Egypt has problems it makes it okay for other countries to steal their property? Because the UK and Germany are filled with problems as well.

    • @suhocidal
      @suhocidal 3 года назад +128

      @@user-mc6zk8tc8c so those thieving colonizers are entitled to the treasures of countries THEY ruined with their greed now they don’t deserve to have their items back until they reverse what the colonizers have done to their countries??

  • @khanachi2863
    @khanachi2863 3 года назад +716

    "...the Hitite king was shocked..."
    *shows statue that looks coked out of its mind

  • @rosememo851
    @rosememo851 2 года назад +713

    as an Egyptian, I get absolutely furious to know that a lot of our historical riches are scattered around countries profiting from our history & they have the audacity to refuse to return it back home,to its rightful place of origin .😩💔

    • @jeffjeff4477
      @jeffjeff4477 2 года назад +14

      Totally agree
      Unfortunately the Egyptians of the past valued monitary exchange as being more valuable than the actual artifacts themselves and sold or traded those things. These museums should sell them back

    • @jaxs2384
      @jaxs2384 2 года назад +5

      Hi. Do any ancient name use today in Egypt?

    • @summoninganubis7508
      @summoninganubis7508 2 года назад +20

      @@jaxs2384 nope people don't usually give their kids ancient Egyptian names.. mostly muslim or christian names like, Mohamed, ahmed, mariam, Joseph etc.

    • @TiggiTheWillful
      @TiggiTheWillful 2 года назад +15

      @@jeffjeff4477 the trouble is the Egyptians don’t look after their artefacts properly when they do have them, the museum in Egypt is a total mess and they leave exhibits to crumble.

    • @dawae2162
      @dawae2162 2 года назад +25

      You arent real egyptian. Egyptian today are bunch of arabs lol. So if a white came and repopulate egypt are they the rightfull owner of the artefact? NO. Stop whining

  • @alexsolomon1952
    @alexsolomon1952 3 года назад +404

    Time to reignite my childhood obsession with ancient Egypt

    • @vklnew9824
      @vklnew9824 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/H6EB0-GwDXY/видео.html

    • @curiousone4096
      @curiousone4096 2 года назад +8

      I love ancient Egypt😍!

    • @KairaSol
      @KairaSol Год назад

      You too Alex? Lol

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 3 года назад +918

    “The pair are even seen kissing, a strangely romantic image.”
    SWEET HOME ALABAMA

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 3 года назад +7

      What the hell?

    • @peterromeo4379
      @peterromeo4379 3 года назад +26

      The two of them were cousins and/or siblings

    • @theilluminatedone9214
      @theilluminatedone9214 3 года назад +81

      "SWEET HOME ALABAMA"
      *European Royalty:* "Are we a joke to you?"

    • @pixielovesmakeup
      @pixielovesmakeup 3 года назад +30

      King Charles II of Spain, the Bewitched, didn't have a family tree. He had a stump, at most.

    • @mdstanton1813
      @mdstanton1813 3 года назад +18

      If you dive in that gene pool it's so shallow you'll be sure to injur something

  • @Rosie22112
    @Rosie22112 3 года назад +379

    As an Egyptian I’m so happy to know that non Egyptians are equally mad that Germany has that bust. I hope they return it one day

    • @luizalacaille9155
      @luizalacaille9155 2 года назад +15

      Don't forget the English and the French

    • @1ceb3rg__
      @1ceb3rg__ 2 года назад +12

      Hopefully all foreign countries can return historical artifacts to the original historical origin countries

    • @neniaemm6127
      @neniaemm6127 2 года назад +15

      @@luizalacaille9155 Brit here, albeit scottish, most brits wish they would return things too! Exhibitions often tour too, there's really no reason to keep things here. If I want to see artefacts from places, where better than to see them where they came from?

    • @laurelcook9078
      @laurelcook9078 Год назад +6

      Oh I’m fucking pissed, you guys deserve to have your stuff back.

    • @abdulaliakbar1175
      @abdulaliakbar1175 Год назад +5

      Are you the real Egyptian or you just some Arab who colonised Egypt?

  • @kokonana4086
    @kokonana4086 3 года назад +768

    Egyptology is such a crown jewel of archaeology. Tons of artifacts and stories that never fail to fascinate people around the world even thousand years later. Love the story of this magnificent queen of Egypt. Nefertiti is such a beauty. She could have walked down the street today and made ppl's head turn.
    BTW, feel for the Egyptians though that the bust of their queen is not returned to her homeland & resting place.

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +5

      🤔🤔🤔🌅

    • @desmass1
      @desmass1 3 года назад +7

      sounds like europe has nothing to offer in terms of history then

    • @dyllanfreiheit6330
      @dyllanfreiheit6330 3 года назад +6

      @@desmass1 Europe have history to offer did not justify their deed

    • @marcossealey8612
      @marcossealey8612 2 года назад +1

      EGYPTOLOGY is full of sht along with SMITHSONIAN to DENY African GREATNESS.

    • @rocky-jy5nx
      @rocky-jy5nx 2 года назад

      @@marcossealey8612 shut up

  • @MajimeTV
    @MajimeTV 3 года назад +919

    Sucks that Germany won’t return Nefertiti’s bust to the Egyptian government

    • @kaylizzie7890
      @kaylizzie7890 3 года назад +8

      It’s actually been theorized that the bust is a fake. It is far too well preserved to be real.

    • @MajimeTV
      @MajimeTV 3 года назад +57

      @@kaylizzie7890 I highly doubt that. When a Greek bronze statue was found underwater, not perfectly preserved but pretty well preserved, people argued it was fake because they could not believe that humans back then were as artistically skilled as some are nowadays. However, there was photo and video evidence of when they dug it up

    • @donrog5035
      @donrog5035 3 года назад +14

      Well the egyptian government from today has nothing to do with ancient Egypt. So it’s complicated

    • @clare5one
      @clare5one 2 года назад +9

      Would you return a World Heritage piece of art to an unstable Islamic country? Islam is embarrassed by its pagan past.

    • @MajimeTV
      @MajimeTV 2 года назад +24

      @@clare5one I would because it’s not mine.

  • @animelover7846
    @animelover7846 3 года назад +597

    She had a very interesting life, it sucks that most of her life was lost and forgotten ,and that we don't learn about her at school. Also! I would really like a video on empresses Matilda she is also very overlooked and forgotten :)

    • @maringle7011
      @maringle7011 3 года назад +7

      I love your profile picture!

    • @animelover7846
      @animelover7846 3 года назад +5

      Mimidrawsalot Tysm! Yours is adorable too^^

    • @maringle7011
      @maringle7011 3 года назад +3

      @@animelover7846 thank you!

    • @selensoycan8378
      @selensoycan8378 3 года назад +2

      She told her life story in her video about Queens of England! ☺️

    • @vklnew9824
      @vklnew9824 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/H6EB0-GwDXY/видео.html

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate 3 года назад +234

    You know, for all that so much of Nefertiti's life is mysterious to us and may well never be fully known, is anyone else just blown away by the fact that we even know the NAME of a Egyptian* queen who lived three thousand years ago?
    *or possibly Mitanni, I'm big on the Foreign Princess theory.

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +3

      🤔🤔🤔

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai 3 года назад +10

      But the foreign princess theory can be disputed because Aye’s wife Tey has been named as wet nurse to Nefertiti. So how could she possibly be a foreign princess when she had a Egyptian wet nurse? Tadukhipa might actually be Akhenaten’s second wife Kiya who was known as the favorite. Because there’s not much know about her and her name means ‘jovial lady’ that coming to Egypt she took on a new name so tadukhipa might have become kiya as that name is sort of a pet name.

    • @Replicaate
      @Replicaate 3 года назад +2

      @@Tekirai Huh,you know never heard about the wet nurse thing. Then again, I've also never claimed to be an Egyptologist or an expert of any kind in Bronze Age princesses. I just think its not unreasonable to consider the possibility that Nefertiti was from outside Egypt. These people did live a very long time ago, and many others have tried to edit/obliterate details as they saw fit, ESPECIALLY people as controversial as Akhenaten's family.

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai 3 года назад +1

      @@Replicaate oh yeah like they’ve found reliefs that showed Nefertiti in a positions not normal for queens. But they have them stored specially away. Like they were from destroyed aten temples

    • @Frank-mm2yp
      @Frank-mm2yp 3 года назад +1

      There are lists of many of the Queens of ancient Egypt known by their names However only a small number of them have retained their fame through the ages.

  • @yamanuhem.netjer3165
    @yamanuhem.netjer3165 3 года назад +479

    Assuming ancient depictions are accurate Oh, she would have been A beauty . Though I personally Prefer Hatshepsut . Not for physical beauty or any such thing , but for her achievements And what she left That hasn't been completely lost
    𓂀 𓆣 𓆄 𓃠 𓏣 𓋹 𓎬 𓎃 🙏🏼📿🖖

    • @romeekraats448
      @romeekraats448 3 года назад +8

      would love a video about that!!

    • @kitandrews8638
      @kitandrews8638 3 года назад +18

      Theyre actually all based on specific "perfect" body sizes. All sculptors made the same bodies in the same positions just different heads

    • @ellcally508
      @ellcally508 3 года назад +11

      They are in no way accurate. Based on ideal image.

    • @BellalunaMcKenzie
      @BellalunaMcKenzie 3 года назад +3

      I would love a video on Hatshepsut too

    • @cherryhill9055
      @cherryhill9055 3 года назад +2

      I love Hatshepsut honestly I'm glad I found a video about her.

  • @haileyharmon5298
    @haileyharmon5298 3 года назад +504

    I haven't been this early since Nefertiti was queen.

    • @Rick_Cleland
      @Rick_Cleland 3 года назад +13

      Bigfoot stole my girlfriend.

    • @sabrinagrant8003
      @sabrinagrant8003 3 года назад +6

      I like that one😆

    • @diaquallo
      @diaquallo 3 года назад +1

      Yeah

    • @chykim1
      @chykim1 3 года назад +2

      It was funny the first 27 times...

    • @Rick_Cleland
      @Rick_Cleland 3 года назад

      @@chykim1, I'm being serious! Where is my girlfriend??

  • @Galistarwater
    @Galistarwater 3 года назад +239

    It's possible that it wasn't Nefertiti who wrote the letter to the Hittite king for help, as she still had Tutankhamun as her heir, despite being her step-son. I hear that it's most likely her daughter, Ankhesenamun, who wrote it out of desperation after her brother-husband, King Tut, died and she was forced to marry Ay, most likely her grandfather. Ew. The Hittite king did sent one of his sons to Egypt to see if this was true, but the prince died en route, possibly murdered. And conveniently, Ankhesenamun disappeared from the record of history shortly after being forced to marry Ay.

    • @shakur07
      @shakur07 3 года назад +5

      Maybe she murdered herself by marrying her grandmother who was very very old.

    • @pagemastrogiovanni9195
      @pagemastrogiovanni9195 2 года назад +2

      Thanks. That seems most logical.

    • @od1452
      @od1452 2 года назад +10

      Yes this is the version that I know and has common acceptance . This new version may be true but I've never heard it before and know of no egyptologist that supports it.

    • @marianfrances3057
      @marianfrances3057 2 года назад

      You are correct.

    • @neniaemm6127
      @neniaemm6127 2 года назад

      I came here to say the exact same thing :D

  • @ziyaadgatab7223
    @ziyaadgatab7223 3 года назад +198

    Imagine marrying your own grandparent or sibling😵😵😵😵

    • @user-ix1rp9ff3p
      @user-ix1rp9ff3p 3 года назад +25

      psh just look at the Old Testament
      -Isaac, Jacob, & Esau married their cousins
      -Moses's parents were aunt & nephew
      -David's offspring/step-children were fucking creepy
      also Kingdom of Silla & the (early) Goryeo Dynasty in Korea, and the Inca Empire

    • @maplesyrup6052
      @maplesyrup6052 3 года назад +6

      @@user-ix1rp9ff3p and I oop

    • @ziyaadgatab7223
      @ziyaadgatab7223 3 года назад +3

      @Mexican Doggo I agree, that grandpa business just don't sit well with me

    • @kenna163
      @kenna163 3 года назад +2

      Some civilizations practice incest today.

    • @est9949
      @est9949 3 года назад +2

      @@user-ix1rp9ff3p yikes indeed

  • @CaitlinSk
    @CaitlinSk 3 года назад +137

    It's theorized that Nefertiti's name meant she was a foreign princess. Also thank you for this! Most ppl assume that Tut was Nefertiti's son when in fact he was a step son. Most likely he was the son of a lesser wife or one of the harem

    • @gokuson2778
      @gokuson2778 Год назад

      Please. The lie is strong regarding her name

    • @kddalivest2340
      @kddalivest2340 8 месяцев назад

      Her name in Hebrew means ruler of the Fallen ones.

  • @TheGawdessDravidienne
    @TheGawdessDravidienne 3 года назад +127

    Looking forward to watching you discuss Sultan Razia, the only female empress in Indian history and possibly of the Muslim world.

    • @ayeshamanh
      @ayeshamanh 2 года назад +6

      I'd love to see more of Indian emperors here like the mughal empire is so interesting 😭😭

    • @cinna_sultan
      @cinna_sultan 2 года назад +10

      No she wasn't the only ruling empress in the Muslim world, you also have Kösem Sultan

    • @800faliha
      @800faliha 2 года назад +5

      @@cinna_sultan doesnt entirely count, kosem was a regent

  • @thedevilsadvocate858
    @thedevilsadvocate858 3 года назад +127

    11:08 that wasn't Neferiti who wrote that letter it was Tutankhamun’s widow Ankhesenamun who _disappeared_ from History afterwords

    • @rosyface_
      @rosyface_ 3 года назад +8

      I got so confused when she was talking about this, because I’ve watched so many documentaries and nobody has ever mentioned this. She’s presumably made a mistake.

    • @annemurphy9339
      @annemurphy9339 3 года назад +2

      I think so too.

    • @claudetteboie8733
      @claudetteboie8733 3 года назад +1

      Agree

    • @zodiaczennial3676
      @zodiaczennial3676 2 года назад +1

      To be completely fair, it is still slightly debated, but I'm pretty sure the timeline better fits Ankhesenamun better. It's an honest slip.

  • @monique993
    @monique993 3 года назад +107

    11:16 "He was shocked" This picture 😂

  • @eleanorofaquitaine2979
    @eleanorofaquitaine2979 3 года назад +60

    Yes ma’am! I love ancient Egypt! I studied Egyptology for like 2 years! I even practiced the religion for a while. So pretty!

  • @naomiskilling1093
    @naomiskilling1093 3 года назад +59

    I was always told that the letter to Suppiluliuma was written not by Nefertiti, but by Ankhesenamun after the death of Tutankhamun.

    • @visgrrl1
      @visgrrl1 3 года назад +2

      Same. Now I'm kind of confused.

    • @sirbey9608
      @sirbey9608 2 года назад

      How would they know non of them were actually there.

  • @ritualunions7193
    @ritualunions7193 3 года назад +170

    how much yall wanna bet catherine of aragon is also here

  • @jojolover980
    @jojolover980 3 года назад +61

    Sucks that Germany still won't give Nefertiti's bust back to Egypt, WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM.😒🙄

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai 3 года назад +15

      Pfft no surprise there like Nigeria literally had to RENT artifacts from their home land. From the French who STOLE them

  • @carriemoreno5647
    @carriemoreno5647 3 года назад +148

    I can't IMAGINE marrying a sibling, tbh holidays are lot as it is

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +4

      🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🤔🤷‍♂️

    • @motzerita6161
      @motzerita6161 3 года назад +3

      Yeah. It would be so awkward and weird

    • @michellevandal7865
      @michellevandal7865 3 года назад +17

      At least you wouldn't have to worry about your in-laws 🤷 😄

    • @thedevilsadvocate858
      @thedevilsadvocate858 3 года назад +6

      Imagine Ramsese II marrying his daughters. That would make it more awkward

    • @Franskie266
      @Franskie266 3 года назад +6

      I don't think they knew the meaning of (relatives) at that time

  • @angelaharbison4251
    @angelaharbison4251 3 года назад +80

    She's an Egyptian Queen/ Pharoh!!!! She belongs at home; in the land of Khmet!!!!
    They need to send her home to Egypt!!

    • @maxisussex
      @maxisussex 3 года назад +2

      Khemet just referred to the rich black soil along the Nile. Ta Mery and Ta Sety were more commonly used by the Egyptians themselves.

    • @kanaana
      @kanaana 3 года назад +3

      Which translated the land of Blacks, my Egyptian brothers which are the moors want it back!!!!!

    • @grandmastersreaction1267
      @grandmastersreaction1267 3 года назад +1

      Mate, Nefertiti was a Mitanni. Why don’t you google that word and she what racial group the Mitanni aristocracy belonged too. Just because she ruled over Egypt doesn’t mean she was ethnically Egyptian or even belongs to Egypt. For example, the first king of (not pharaoh) Egypt was an Albanian called Mohammed Ali. If we found his remains, where does it belong? In Egypt or in his country of birth, Albania?

    • @maxisussex
      @maxisussex 3 года назад +6

      @@grandmastersreaction1267 I think you are referring to Muhammed Ali who was the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt. That was thousands of years later. The first Egyptian king was Menes who united upper and lower Egypt. I agree with your sentiment though, too many African-Americans who have been taught a false history by black revisionists.

    • @grandmastersreaction1267
      @grandmastersreaction1267 3 года назад +1

      @@maxisussex yes that was who I was referring to. I know Menes was the actual first king, but I meant king in a more contemporary sense. I should have been for specific.

  • @brookewoodside6123
    @brookewoodside6123 3 года назад +53

    It was actually tutankhamun's queen who wrote the letter to the hittite king for a husband after tutankhamun's death because they had no heir to the throne

  • @Kingpowch
    @Kingpowch 3 года назад +48

    11:15 my face when a pharaoh tells me she wants to marry one of my sons.

    • @igetcoldtoes
      @igetcoldtoes 3 года назад +7

      LMAOOO

    • @est9949
      @est9949 3 года назад +3

      Lmaooo why isn't this the top comment

  • @Laramaria2
    @Laramaria2 3 года назад +54

    I wish my grandmother could understand the English language, she would love your channel as much as I do and this video would certainly be her favorite! 😞
    Great work as usual! 💖

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +2

      Like love you love 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️👸👸👸🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🤗

    • @chubbiMommi
      @chubbiMommi 3 года назад +2

      Can you change the language? In the settings?

    • @Laramaria2
      @Laramaria2 3 года назад +3

      @@chubbiMommi not one that she can understand... 😞 I ended up telling her the things I see on the videos 😅

    • @chubbiMommi
      @chubbiMommi 3 года назад

      @Unholy one I figured you can change the language settings in RUclips itself... I've not looked I think maybe I should lol

  • @ilyanadnan1
    @ilyanadnan1 3 года назад +99

    Sad fact: most of my friends hates history 😢

  • @_tideaina
    @_tideaina 2 года назад +15

    This is the first documentary on Nefertiti where I hear her daughters' names. I love the details you choose to add to your videos
    Please do one on Cleopatra and Hatshepsut

  • @ryokohonda4619
    @ryokohonda4619 3 года назад +45

    Nefertiti must have been the most beautiful known empress

    • @wisediva9807
      @wisediva9807 3 года назад +4

      Her and Helen of Troy

    • @e.yepilepxy3517
      @e.yepilepxy3517 2 года назад

      @@wisediva9807 i thought helen of troy is a fictional character?

    • @wisediva9807
      @wisediva9807 2 года назад

      @@e.yepilepxy3517 she was real creek kings and queens were real its like sombody telling the truth and adding false fantasy to the truth

    • @isaackhumalo39
      @isaackhumalo39 2 года назад

      Her beauty was without contest. Eve was second best.

  • @vicoyeyemarz6508
    @vicoyeyemarz6508 3 года назад +23

    she is my favorite. i read books and books as a child to get to know her and how she lived.
    the hours of documentary's i had watch wishing to know where she was buried.

  • @CuddIebone
    @CuddIebone 3 года назад +29

    The fact that so many people's historical treasures have been ripped away from their homelands to be displayed in a foreign museum... It makes my blood boil and my heart ache.

  • @DieAlteistwiederda
    @DieAlteistwiederda 3 года назад +29

    I'm always happy when we get more historical content on RUclips.
    Also Egypt was always especially fascinating to me, I mean I have a cat named Anubis now and would have called a female Bastet. Got another male cat so he became a Hermes instead.

  • @moodyboobsjanna
    @moodyboobsjanna 3 года назад +9

    I look forward to your videos so much every week! Thank you for all your research and time. I hope you still have a HUGE list of royals to profile as I can't get enough!

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 3 года назад +4

    Your best video in this series by far! Just incredibly well done! The graphics, music, your narrative, everything was exceptional. I learned a bunch from you about this incredible woman of history. It is amazing to think that, not only did she have such an unparalleled impact on her nation and the world of her time, but she continues to impact the world in awesome ways today. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

  • @iverith1
    @iverith1 2 года назад +8

    To people who are surprised that other countries won't give the artifacts back to their rightful place - it's about money, and the fact that it's easier to go to UK or something, than Africa. Regardless of the names of the countries, anyone would do the same in this situation and keep them. Giving artifacts back would mean something like "take my money, I don't need them at all". This is a whole business with a lot of employees. It's too grounded for anything to change in this regard, and perhaps only war could change that. It's really naive to think that people would go with their good hearts and honor in such cases.

  • @braeburnapfel5178
    @braeburnapfel5178 3 года назад +44

    Me, a German: Berlin what are you doing

  • @JewelRiders
    @JewelRiders 3 года назад +8

    Lindsay, this is fantastic! You're the new Discovery/History Channel!

  • @lesliecas2695
    @lesliecas2695 3 года назад +7

    Love how Lindsay is knocking out those multisyllabic names.

  • @itsnotlala
    @itsnotlala Год назад +1

    loving your queens of the world playlist!! So much great history that’s not taught often

  • @earthrocker48
    @earthrocker48 3 года назад +1

    I’ve been waiting for this. Thank you!

  • @sophroniel
    @sophroniel 3 года назад +28

    I loved this one!!! Please do more ancient queens, if you can; maybe even someone biblical, like Esther, or Ruth? Your videos always make my day--just had emergency surgery and it almost took away the pain ❤

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +1

      🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️👸love

    • @LadyMinaMasters
      @LadyMinaMasters 3 года назад

      That would be great.

    • @rx500android
      @rx500android 3 года назад +1

      I mean, Ruth was not a queen but yes

    • @sophroniel
      @sophroniel 3 года назад +3

      @@rx500android hence the "or even someone biblical" not "or even a biblical queen" (though Esther was probably both)

    • @AskiatheGreat64
      @AskiatheGreat64 Год назад

      @@sophroniel The Good Samaritan and the Ethiopian Eunuch.

  • @mzsxysmrts
    @mzsxysmrts 3 года назад +28

    Sooooo they just got them folks mummies displayed out like that? 3,000 years old or not I hope they buried all them cause it’s low key disrespectful.

    • @inasez
      @inasez 3 года назад +4

      "Low key" you say? What would constitute outright disrespect?

    • @mzsxysmrts
      @mzsxysmrts 3 года назад +6

      @@inasez yeah you’re right this is hella disrespectful.

  • @vibinginmybedroomrn9948
    @vibinginmybedroomrn9948 3 года назад +3

    Yay Ancient Egypt!!!! Great video as always Lindsay ❤️❤️

  • @JennieBlinkXoldier
    @JennieBlinkXoldier 3 года назад +1

    they are one of my fave couples in history! thanks!
    You're the best. And this is one of the best ever YT channels!

  • @circe9981
    @circe9981 3 года назад +53

    will u do one for hatshepsut?

    • @colombiana3489
      @colombiana3489 3 года назад +6

      I really hope so

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +3

      🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

    • @davidhibbs4737
      @davidhibbs4737 3 года назад +4

      Cleopatra too. The last queen of Hawaii whose name I can't spell would be a good episode too.

  • @PrincessQ-fj9ly
    @PrincessQ-fj9ly 3 года назад +9

    Queen Nefertiti is a true gem in history. I wouldn't be surprised if Cleopatra admired her. I hope you do more Egyptian queens! ❤👑❤

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 2 года назад

      She. Ever knew of Nefertiti. The Egyptian priests destroyed any knowledge of both of them before her time.

  • @brittneypearl6764
    @brittneypearl6764 3 года назад +2

    I LOVE ❤️ your videos!! I look forward to any new ones you post!! Thank you 🙏

  • @categabrielspiritual
    @categabrielspiritual 2 года назад +2

    I just found your channel! I am a history and documentary lover!! This makes me sooooo happy!! Yesssss!!!!!! 💓🙏🏻🎉💯

  • @PerfectlyImperfect93
    @PerfectlyImperfect93 3 года назад +12

    Thank You Lindsay!💕 If you can, can you do Queen Tiye. She’s my favorite Egyptian Queen & I think she’s really underrated.

  • @theureux5645
    @theureux5645 3 года назад +72

    They should return the bust to Egypt. :/

  • @love2bhappy28
    @love2bhappy28 3 года назад +2

    Loved this so much!! Would love to see more videos like this about Ancient Egypt 🇪🇬 👍🏻

    • @abdulaliakbar1175
      @abdulaliakbar1175 Год назад

      About Europeans telling lies and costly still in artefacts? Or do you want to know the TRUTH???

  • @dwaynetownsend5028
    @dwaynetownsend5028 3 года назад +2

    Amazing job with your research and retelling of this fascinating information of historical facts. I truly enjoy watching your video about all the royalty around the world.

  • @mauritagrimes7670
    @mauritagrimes7670 3 года назад +6

    I just discovered your channel and absolutely love it. Thank you.

  • @Aja-Christian
    @Aja-Christian 3 года назад +8

    I'd totally forgotten about it until just now but when I was a kid we had a painting of Nefertiti's infamous bust hanging up in our living room. I had no idea who she was until years later and my inner nerd consumed my entire life 😅
    Every time I see the bust I can't help but stare. It's like I'm half expecting her to open her mouth and start talking (as if I'd be able to understand her native language anyway 😑). Thank you for another well done video!!!

  • @tristensullivan5602
    @tristensullivan5602 2 года назад

    All Your Video's are so Thoroughly researched! And also so Entertaining and easy to comprehend! falling in love with history all over again!

  • @pyramidhead7567
    @pyramidhead7567 3 года назад +2

    I'VE BEEN WAITING THIS FOR A LONG TIME THNX ❤️

  • @nevercatchwind
    @nevercatchwind 3 года назад +8

    Oh, I love Ancient Egypt, and Nefertiti and Akheaten rule is especially fascinating
    I have a smaller copy of both Nefertiti and Tutankhamun basks . Eh, those Germans.
    I actually thought it was Ankheseamun, who wrote to the Hetite king after Tutanhamun's death

  • @tasbiha131
    @tasbiha131 3 года назад +16

    Every former queens and empresses are here
    I RESPECT YOUR MAJESTY

  • @anapopara4166
    @anapopara4166 3 года назад +2

    its amazing! i have been waiting for this!

  • @badgal1990
    @badgal1990 3 года назад +2

    i just love these queens of the world videos, your the best lindsay.

  • @isabellafinley5197
    @isabellafinley5197 3 года назад +20

    Video suggestion:
    I have for a long time now been curious about just how women dealt with their periods throughout the ages. Being both women, we and billions of others can certainly attest to how much of a hindrance they can be, even with all of the luxuries we have in the modern day.

    • @obsessivefangirl5055
      @obsessivefangirl5055 3 года назад +5

      Omg yess, I've been wondering this for a long time too! I'd love to know more about this!

  • @jamescharcoal3472
    @jamescharcoal3472 3 года назад +48

    Queen Victoria is surely my queen of MY world!

  • @bbeela3257
    @bbeela3257 3 года назад +1

    The best video I have seen of Nefertiti so far. Thank you for the thorough research!

  • @mathonamoore123
    @mathonamoore123 3 года назад +14

    I love ancient history, in particular, Eqyptian life. I read that the men that sold all the ornaments of the various types of gods were angry, when they were told they had to worship just one god. . Now, they couldn't sell their ornaments, of their many previous gods!!! They used to sell their goods, outside the temples!!! As my grandmother used to say, "times change but human nature, doesn't!".

  • @daliahyde7183
    @daliahyde7183 3 года назад +6

    Very good and interesting video, as always !! I wished we could know a lot more about the ancient times, plenty of secrets are yet to be uncovered... By the way ! I'd love to see you make a vide about Hurem Hatun, the wife and queen of Suleiman the great of the Ottoman empire ! Her life seems very intriguing ! Can't wait to see the next video

  • @empressmatilda493
    @empressmatilda493 3 года назад +57

    Hi I’m new here and I think my daughter in law is here also 😆

    • @SungSNam
      @SungSNam 3 года назад +6

      You mean Eleanor of Aquitaine? Are you Matilda the first queen regent of England? It’s an honor!

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +1

      🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤔

    • @animelover7846
      @animelover7846 3 года назад +5

      Empress Matilda Empress Matilda! I would love a video on you :0

    • @SungSNam
      @SungSNam 3 года назад +4

      @@animelover7846 She’s in Lindsay’s videos queens of England, and the normans kill each other.

    • @animelover7846
      @animelover7846 3 года назад +4

      Kaiya Nam yeah I know, but I kinda wanted a video of just her and her life ya know? :3

  • @tasossaros8375
    @tasossaros8375 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for the upload! ❤

  • @Sianothis
    @Sianothis 3 года назад +2

    YES! i was waiting for you to do this one :)

  • @rosewoodjasmine11
    @rosewoodjasmine11 3 года назад +3

    Beautiful narration and great presentation

  • @Luluthekitty23
    @Luluthekitty23 3 года назад +9

    Great way to start the day. An educational and entertaining video

  • @ingridstowers5880
    @ingridstowers5880 2 года назад

    I learned so much things I didn't know from this wonderful video..Thank you for all this information that other videos didn't cover

  • @wendymudkins6870
    @wendymudkins6870 3 года назад +6

    Love Egyptian history great video thank you for including her

  • @jojolover980
    @jojolover980 3 года назад +33

    Nefertiti's bust is an ancient marvel. She must've been a bombshell during that time.😍⏳

  • @coronajewelry
    @coronajewelry 3 года назад +6

    AS A GREAT LOVER OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY ABOVE ALL ELSE I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO, SORRY FOR THE CAPS LOCK

  • @gavinharvey7634
    @gavinharvey7634 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant video ! I love Nefertiti always been so fascinated by her ! Thanks for this video x

  • @annfacey9204
    @annfacey9204 2 года назад

    Great work as alwayd Lindsay.

  • @whyareureadingthis2037
    @whyareureadingthis2037 3 года назад +18

    I remember seeing Iman playing Nefertiti as a little girl and my father telling me that Iman was Somali like me and became obsessed with her lmao

    • @jamesedwardford589
      @jamesedwardford589 3 года назад +1

      🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    • @whyareureadingthis2037
      @whyareureadingthis2037 3 года назад

      @@jamesedwardford589 If your confused I'm talking Iman being Somali not Nefertiti

    • @originalcosmicgirl
      @originalcosmicgirl 3 года назад +4

      I always imagined that if Iman were alive thousands of years ago people would worship her as a goddess. At the very least she would be made a beloved queen. Seeing that she played Nefertiti in a movie makes it one step closer to being true, in my mind.
      Also, I have always felt that Somali people (especially women) are very beautiful.

    • @thedevilsadvocate858
      @thedevilsadvocate858 3 года назад +1

      Iman is very beautiful indeed

  • @HiraruSagara
    @HiraruSagara 3 года назад +9

    Hi Lindsey! Thank you so much for posting about this ancient queen. I loved hearing about her.
    I hope you might help me a little further, as I think I may have been led astray. I heard in another documentary that the letter to the Hittite king was written by king tut’s wife after his death, rather than Nefertiti. I obviously don’t have your access or research. Is It clear which queen wrote to the Hittites?
    Second question: I’ve heard the theory that Nefertiti bust might be a forgery. As it is so much better preserved than many treasures from the time. What is your take on this? Do you think it has any validity?

  • @purebloodgirl1
    @purebloodgirl1 3 года назад

    Your videos are always so good!! Lovely work here!!

  • @WifeDesignLife
    @WifeDesignLife 3 года назад +1

    I love all of your videos, but this is exceptional.

  • @patrickkelmer6290
    @patrickkelmer6290 3 года назад +13

    I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw the bust in Berlin some years ago.....

  • @neon-kitty
    @neon-kitty 3 года назад +14

    Quite a few things that are presented as fact in this video are actually the subject of ongoing debate (or simply incorrect). Like that letter to the Hittite king, for example. Egyptologists still do not agree on who actually wrote it. Some think it was Nefertiti, some think it was Ankhesenamun or Meritaten (though Meritaten seems unlikely). As far as I know, there is also no evidence for Nefertiti moving the capital back to Thebes after Akhenaten's death. She does appear to have relaxed the official stance towards the old religion and the priesthood of Amun but from what I've read, it is assumed that she continued to live in and reign from Akhetaten. You also seem to have left out Smenkhkare whom most Egyptologists today accept to have been a distinct, male individual, not Nefertiti using a different name. There is some uncertainty surrounding the identification of the KV55 mummy as Akhenaten, as well. Most of the sources regarding this period in Egyptian history are so vague and/or incomplete that it's difficult to make definitive statements about it. A lot of it is just theories based on conjecture and personal interpretation.

  • @catxx1532
    @catxx1532 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for this! 👑👑👑

  • @lindsayadair8488
    @lindsayadair8488 3 месяца назад

    I really like your videos. This one was especially interesting.

  • @sebastianvargas2159
    @sebastianvargas2159 2 года назад +3

    11:15 “The Hittite king was shocked” That line with that image made me legitimately LOL

  • @romeekraats448
    @romeekraats448 3 года назад +3

    love love love Egyptian history!!

  • @AWindy94
    @AWindy94 3 года назад

    This is the best, most cohesive, video on Nefertiti I have ever seen, and I have watched quite a few.

  • @Gilraen15
    @Gilraen15 3 года назад

    Very good video! Very well researched

  • @OzCroc
    @OzCroc 3 года назад +3

    Ancient Egypt is so cool. My second favorite ancient civilization.

  • @vanmars5718
    @vanmars5718 3 года назад +12

    The museums in Berlin, as much the British Museum and the Louvre have artifacts taken from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Africa, Assyria...after thousands of requests from all individual countries to take back what was removed illegally, still the museums and the people also carry with them a colonial behavior and way of thinking which is a sad realization of what is moral and justice still today

    • @everythinggreen3128
      @everythinggreen3128 3 года назад +2

      Last I checked, Egypt was in Africa. Africa is NOT a country.

    • @vanmars5718
      @vanmars5718 3 года назад +1

      @@everythinggreen3128 I never said Africa is a country. The British/French/german/dutch/belgique/spanish/portoguese Colonial empires ruled many countries of Africa and I'm not very good at being so precise of all the countries they had taken artifacts from...
      It wasn't a generalization to harm or dismiss anyone, merely my lack of knowledge of all individual African countries have this issue with the big museums

    • @blissinchains
      @blissinchains 3 года назад

      Washington DC has a stolen obelisk from Egypt. America is complicit.

  • @jackgriffin5757
    @jackgriffin5757 3 года назад +2

    Super interesting video, I would love to hear more about other Egyptian rulers

  • @bwneyez78
    @bwneyez78 2 года назад +2

    I have to compliment Lindsay on her impeccable ability to pronounce the names mentioned in this video. 👏

  • @nushratnaima8014
    @nushratnaima8014 3 года назад +27

    Can you do Queen Min/Empress Myeongseong of Korea?

    • @LindsayHoliday
      @LindsayHoliday  3 года назад +13

      She'll be in an upcoming video about assassinated royals

  • @silpae
    @silpae 3 года назад +48

    The bust belongs to Egypt. How disappointing of Germany

    • @frojo9
      @frojo9 3 года назад +5

      I kind of agree but also think it should stay in Germany for the time being. Egypt isn't the most stable and sits adjacent to an unstable region. I wouldn't want any more artifacts to go the way of too many Sumerian artifacts destroyed by extremist groups for fun in the Mesopotamian region.

    • @anglerfish4161
      @anglerfish4161 3 года назад +1

      @@frojo9 You don't get to steal something and say you'll keep it for the artifact's own good. It's theirs to keep or lose. If they care so much they can help fund museum security in Egypt with all the cash they got out of exposing something that doesn't belong to them.

    • @kanaana
      @kanaana 3 года назад +1

      And even the the story like it theirs. That what they did to africa. Steal and destroy well kingdom Kongo was already in touch with Egypt

    • @Rosie22112
      @Rosie22112 3 года назад

      @@frojo9 sweetie it’s ours, it’s no one’s business what happens to it, it belongs to us. Plus we built a whole new museum for royal mummies and in no way this precious piece will be harmed.

  • @MJ13ish
    @MJ13ish 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for bringing new information about this beautiful queen

  • @emomarcelor
    @emomarcelor 3 года назад +2

    Well done. Even the difficult events are labeled as such so one can get an interpretation suited to his liking. There's not much known about Nafertiti and this video acknowledges this, while making it very interesting.