Yes/No. Yes anytime you are carving something from the Earth it is labor intensive. No in that compared to building say a pyramid carving a tomb was much, much cheaper and less time consuming. Remember that unlike with a pyramid which required "outside" labor - provided by the corvee in that case - who had to be housed/fed and supplied with tools etc. in this case the workers who created these tombs were = _"salary workers."_ Just as with Deir el-Medina* the worker village outside of the Valley of the Kings where the workforce lived there year round and were already "on the payroll" as working in the Valley was their full time job - so here a small workforce of say several dozen working in shifts would carve such a tomb out. * - the worker village appears to have supported perhaps upwards of ~1K people at it's height which would have included families et al. The actual workforce however was much less. At its' height it is believed to have been perhaps a bit over 100 people whereas normally it was probably half that or less - 30-50 workers laboring on the tombs in specialized gangs. The Great Pyramid workforce as an example was estimated to be as much as 20K-30K at its' peak. This is one reason they stopped building massive pyramids and went to these tombs as they were less costly to create and easier to protect.
The only reason why anyone would leave the images of the king and his great wife worshipping the Aten when everything else was desecrated would be to avoid offending the Aten. That would be the only reason I could think of to leave those intact while destroying everything else. As far as the chambers closer to the surface being unfinished, that may have been because they were later additions to the complex. They might not have been intended as burial chambers at all. Those could have been intended as rooms for grave goods or as a form of royal apartments for the king after his death or even a palace for him within his tomb. Other tombs for kings who lived longer have similar chambers beside the burial chamber, such as in KV5. Were there remains of a funerary temple outside of the tomb? That might indicate the purpose of the unfinished chambers as a part of the tomb itself. Considering the king it was built to house, it may have been entirely possible he was doing away with the external funerary temple and locating his within the tomb itself. That would prevent his temple being torn down by later kings as so many before had been. I love studying that king. He threw a monkeywrench into the works of not only his dynasty, but of the entire culture.
Just think about it, if Prince Thutmose hadn't died, Akhenaten wouldn't have become pharaoh. However, the cult of Aten had been introduced by Amenhotep III, the father of Akhenaten and prince Thutmose, so in that respect it would hardly have been much different.
There is a documentary where they tested various techniques. Besides having quite hard bronze alloys they also used granite sand as a cutting medium for sawing out square blocks
Is the damage to the art the results of the "erasure" of Akhenaten? Or was it intact when it was rediscovered in the 19th century, simply eroded by time?
Also is it only me or is the style of art related to Akhenaten very different compared to prior and later artwork done in tombs etc? It looks a lot less 2D or classic ancient egyptian, a lot more animated even
Yes, a lot of people speculated over Akhenaten and his family having some genetic disease but it becomes clear those elongated bodies and other art quirks was just the style at the time.
@@KasumiRINA not talking about that even. I know his body was quite different, I meant the style people and hieroglyphs were drawn tho. It’s so much more „animated“ than the classic styles
Akhenaten is a very interesting character pharaoh in Egypt. Some believe that he worship The AHTEN is to give reverence to YHWH in the bible and that Akhenaten was aware of Moses and the Israelites when they left Egypt. Correct me if I'm wrong brothers in World of Antiquity If that was the case, That is still a very fascinating theory.. Great video one's again brother You really are the best more power to you guys and Have Happy Holidays to y'all Cheers!!!
@@spyrogaira9819 you are absolutely incorrect on all topics. Moses didn’t exist. There were no Jews fleeing Egypt. The Jewish god would t exist for another thousand years, probably copying the athe not the other way around.
601st. like. Yesterday evening I was in a live chat where a video of Ross Coulthart & Ben Van Kerkwyk was playing. The chat was horrendous. The nonsense being spewed by the Coulthart and Kerwyk was the typical bs about the fictitious desire of the establishment to ignore the truth. I was in the minority in there and the usual name calling ensued. It feels as if the audience for those videos have been inocculated against reality. Keep up your excellent work.
i always wondered what ancient egyptians thought about Akhenaten during his reign. Making the polytheistic society suddently monotheistic, even creating his own god, must have been so controversial
He didn't crate his own god, Aten was one aspect of Ra, the sun god... You can see pictures of Ra man-bird with a disc over his head? That's Aten, the sun. It's just Akhenaten eliminated worship of other deities.
@gustafduell4948 no the hel they weren't and stop spreading misinformation and making up shit.You can read the book called "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by former professor emeritus Richard Wilkinson. Also that's more nonsense you're spreading as Egyptian religion never even just one creator God much less one creation account and even the creator Gods had consorts and children too
Everyone should have a look at the 1974 RUclips documentary called: The king of the Nile - The Shilluk Nilotic Tribe, TRACKS. This documentary will give you a veiw of the Narmer Palette. All the elements on the Narmer Palette are clearly shown. 1 The installation of the new king. 2 The Preist. The standard bearers. 4 The unification of the two lands. 5 The speeches of the Chiefs and the King, on how to deal with enemies within and without. The Narmer Palette is therefore a how to do manual for future generations. In my view Egypt was a black African civilization in the beginning.
No, Ashkenazi are Jews from Germany and Slavic parts of Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, as opposed to Sephardi, which are Jews from Spain and Portugal. Mizrahi are Jews who stayed in Middle East.
@@KasumiRINA You are jumping over how they got to Germany or other places in Europe, there was not only 1 route they took. My DNA test, from oldest to recent. -Sub-Saharan African -Southern European "Spanish-Portuguese" -Ashkenazi Jewish -Broadly Northwestern European -Scandinavian -Finnish -Northwestern European Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews share significant amounts of similar DNA. Studies have shown that both groups have a common genetic lineage tracing back to the Middle East, with Ashkenazi Jews showing about 30% to 60% European ancestry, and Sephardic Jews typically having a mix of Middle Eastern, North African, Iberian, and sometimes additional Mediterranean components. Despite the different histories and migrations, the genetic similarity between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews is notable, with both groups sharing many genetic markers indicative of a shared ancestry from ancient Jewish populations in the Middle East. This shared genetic heritage is consistent across various genetic studies, which have examined both mitochondrial DNA (passed down from mother to child) and Y-chromosome DNA (passed down from father to son), as well as autosomal DNA that looks at the entire genome. -Grok
Ashkenazi is an word to reference to "Them", the word come's from Ashkenaz the first son of Gomer descendants of Noah. Still today some do not Consider Ashkenazi Jews to be real Jews, that they are Khazars that converted to Judaism. But DNA don't lie and prove them all wrong.
the idea that they dug out all a room from the ceiling to the floor made me laugh not a chance said anyone who would have had to squat or lay down and dig to go 30 feet or more back,
The amount of work it took to make the tombs is staggering. Thanks for the tour, Doc,
The amount of work to make these videos! 😮😮😮
Wrong @@jacksilver7701
Yes/No. Yes anytime you are carving something from the Earth it is labor intensive. No in that compared to building say a pyramid carving a tomb was much, much cheaper and less time consuming.
Remember that unlike with a pyramid which required "outside" labor - provided by the corvee in that case - who had to be housed/fed and supplied with tools etc. in this case the workers who created these tombs were = _"salary workers."_
Just as with Deir el-Medina* the worker village outside of the Valley of the Kings where the workforce lived there year round and were already "on the payroll" as working in the Valley was their full time job - so here a small workforce of say several dozen working in shifts would carve such a tomb out.
* - the worker village appears to have supported perhaps upwards of ~1K people at it's height which would have included families et al. The actual workforce however was much less. At its' height it is believed to have been perhaps a bit over 100 people whereas normally it was probably half that or less - 30-50 workers laboring on the tombs in specialized gangs.
The Great Pyramid workforce as an example was estimated to be as much as 20K-30K at its' peak. This is one reason they stopped building massive pyramids and went to these tombs as they were less costly to create and easier to protect.
It’s amazing that it was so well hidden underground. I wonder how many more treasures might be found buried there
Wow! Absolutely fascinating, thank you!
Fascinating - thanks for posting
The only reason why anyone would leave the images of the king and his great wife worshipping the Aten when everything else was desecrated would be to avoid offending the Aten. That would be the only reason I could think of to leave those intact while destroying everything else.
As far as the chambers closer to the surface being unfinished, that may have been because they were later additions to the complex. They might not have been intended as burial chambers at all. Those could have been intended as rooms for grave goods or as a form of royal apartments for the king after his death or even a palace for him within his tomb. Other tombs for kings who lived longer have similar chambers beside the burial chamber, such as in KV5.
Were there remains of a funerary temple outside of the tomb? That might indicate the purpose of the unfinished chambers as a part of the tomb itself. Considering the king it was built to house, it may have been entirely possible he was doing away with the external funerary temple and locating his within the tomb itself. That would prevent his temple being torn down by later kings as so many before had been.
I love studying that king. He threw a monkeywrench into the works of not only his dynasty, but of the entire culture.
Just think about it, if Prince Thutmose hadn't died, Akhenaten wouldn't have become pharaoh. However, the cult of Aten had been introduced by Amenhotep III, the father of Akhenaten and prince Thutmose, so in that respect it would hardly have been much different.
Man now I gotta go listen to the whole thing again! OPEN ARE THE DOUBLE DOORS OF THE HORIZON!
Akhenaten and Nefertiti - the OG John and Yoko
Thank you.
❓️Dr, what tools would they have used that would have made it easier to dig out the top and work down?
Types of Bronzes were harder than iron, tin bronze is an alloy of copper and also arsenical bronze. The Bronze age was 3300-1200 BC
There is a documentary where they tested various techniques. Besides having quite hard bronze alloys they also used granite sand as a cutting medium for sawing out square blocks
@@ivovanzon164 Crushed quartzite was used to carve granite and basalt sculptures also corundum abrasive to drill cores for door hinges and sarcophagi
@Arckitekt thanks. The dates were helpful.
Is the damage to the art the results of the "erasure" of Akhenaten? Or was it intact when it was rediscovered in the 19th century, simply eroded by time?
Mostly the latter.
Based on the sketches it looks like a deliberate action, as they took the heads (which are the most distinctive part of the Amarna period art)
Incredible bas reliefs . They are so beautiful ❤
Also is it only me or is the style of art related to Akhenaten very different compared to prior and later artwork done in tombs etc? It looks a lot less 2D or classic ancient egyptian, a lot more animated even
Yes, a lot of people speculated over Akhenaten and his family having some genetic disease but it becomes clear those elongated bodies and other art quirks was just the style at the time.
Each Pharoah had some slight changes to their artwork. Some were much more.
@@KasumiRINA not talking about that even. I know his body was quite different, I meant the style people and hieroglyphs were drawn tho. It’s so much more „animated“ than the classic styles
YAY! It's not an hour and a half long. Timewise I can afford to watch this one.
How hard was that stone? What tools did they use? I presume no pneumatic hammers or pressure washers... :)
2:21 looks like a 3d perspective
Akhenaten is a very interesting character pharaoh in Egypt.
Some believe that he worship
The AHTEN is to give reverence to
YHWH in the bible
and that Akhenaten was aware of Moses and the Israelites when they left Egypt.
Correct me if I'm wrong brothers in
World of Antiquity
If that was the case,
That is still a very fascinating theory..
Great video one's again brother
You really are the best
more power to you guys
and
Have Happy Holidays to y'all
Cheers!!!
@@spyrogaira9819 you are absolutely incorrect on all topics. Moses didn’t exist. There were no Jews fleeing Egypt. The Jewish god would t exist for another thousand years, probably copying the athe not the other way around.
601st. like. Yesterday evening I was in a live chat where a video of Ross Coulthart & Ben Van Kerkwyk was playing. The chat was horrendous. The nonsense being spewed by the Coulthart and Kerwyk was the typical bs about the fictitious desire of the establishment to ignore the truth. I was in the minority in there and the usual name calling ensued. It feels as if the audience for those videos have been inocculated against reality. Keep up your excellent work.
What do we know about the origins of the Amarna art style? It can't have just arisen spontaneously when Akhenaten became king surely.
COOL!!
Oh yeah,,, For one thing absolutely fascinating,,,, And for another thing, why would you wanna go into somebody’s Tomb… Don’t you have your own..
I have been there in 2018 Emotional rescue!!!
i always wondered what ancient egyptians thought about Akhenaten during his reign. Making the polytheistic society suddently monotheistic, even creating his own god, must have been so controversial
They were basically monotheistic before him with many incarnations, as i understand it.
He didn't crate his own god, Aten was one aspect of Ra, the sun god... You can see pictures of Ra man-bird with a disc over his head? That's Aten, the sun. It's just Akhenaten eliminated worship of other deities.
@gustafduell4948 no the hel they weren't and stop spreading misinformation and making up shit.You can read the book called "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by former professor emeritus Richard Wilkinson. Also that's more nonsense you're spreading as Egyptian religion never even just one creator God much less one creation account and even the creator Gods had consorts and children too
@@KasumiRINAhe tried to ban it
Pretty Cool. I bet Graham Hancock sees Aliens.
Wow
Exploiting grave robers
24 stomach-churning frames per second. :(
Everyone should have a look at the 1974 RUclips documentary called: The king of the Nile - The Shilluk Nilotic Tribe, TRACKS.
This documentary will give you a veiw of the Narmer Palette.
All the elements on the Narmer Palette are clearly shown.
1 The installation of the new king.
2 The Preist.
The standard bearers.
4 The unification of the two lands.
5 The speeches of the Chiefs and the King, on how to deal with enemies within and without.
The Narmer Palette is therefore a how to do manual for future generations.
In my view Egypt was a black African civilization in the beginning.
Yeah let's watch an outdated afrocentric documentary and ignore dna science 😅😅😂
@@TonyJack74
First you need to see the documentary before you can make a valid comment.
Why would someone carry all that bull💩 with them?
Is she going to the grocery store?
So when you say Ashkenazi you are refering to people coming from Akhenaten?
No, Ashkenazi are Jews from Germany and Slavic parts of Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, as opposed to Sephardi, which are Jews from Spain and Portugal. Mizrahi are Jews who stayed in Middle East.
@@KasumiRINA You are jumping over how they got to Germany or other places in Europe, there was not only 1 route they took.
My DNA test, from oldest to recent.
-Sub-Saharan African
-Southern European "Spanish-Portuguese"
-Ashkenazi Jewish
-Broadly Northwestern European
-Scandinavian
-Finnish
-Northwestern European
Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews share significant amounts of similar DNA. Studies have shown that both groups have a common genetic lineage tracing back to the Middle East, with Ashkenazi Jews showing about 30% to 60% European ancestry, and Sephardic Jews typically having a mix of Middle Eastern, North African, Iberian, and sometimes additional Mediterranean components. Despite the different histories and migrations, the genetic similarity between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews is notable, with both groups sharing many genetic markers indicative of a shared ancestry from ancient Jewish populations in the Middle East. This shared genetic heritage is consistent across various genetic studies, which have examined both mitochondrial DNA (passed down from mother to child) and Y-chromosome DNA (passed down from father to son), as well as autosomal DNA that looks at the entire genome. -Grok
Ashkenazi is an word to reference to "Them", the word come's from Ashkenaz the first son of Gomer descendants of Noah.
Still today some do not Consider Ashkenazi Jews to be real Jews, that they are Khazars that converted to Judaism.
But DNA don't lie and prove them all wrong.
the idea that they dug out all a room from the ceiling to the floor made me laugh not a chance said anyone who would have had to squat or lay down and dig to go 30 feet or more back,
Um...you can see that it was dug out. Will you reject the testimony of your own eyes?