Egyptologist Laurel Bestock Answers Questions on Ancient Egypt from Twitter | WIRED

Professor of Egyptology and Archaeology Laurel Bestock answers your questions about ancient Egypt from Twitter. What did ancient Egyptians sound like? Why is King Tut so enduringly popular? What ancient Egyptian medicine and tools do we still use in modern times? Why did they practice mummification? Answers to these questions and many more await—it's Egyptology Support. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Francis Bernal Editor: Louville Moore Talent: Laurel Bestock Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production & Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer Camera Operator: Anne Marie Halovanic Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Sonia Butt Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Paul Tael Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow -- 0:00 Your ancient Egypt questions answered 0:12 The beginnings of ancient Egypt 0:51 How the sphinx lost its nose 1:38 How did ancient Egyptian language sound? 2:25 Ancient Egyptian tech we still use today 3:04 Were there bars in ancient Egypt? 3:45 How accurate is Assassins Creed Origins? 4:35 Why is King Tut so popular? 5:45 How the Great Pyramid of Giza was built 7:20 Who was the best pharaoh? 7:54 Do the pyramids in Egypt match the ones in Mexico? 9:13 Why did ancient Egypt fall? 9:27 Wait, Cleopatra was Greek? 10:05 Ancient Egyptian innovations 10:41 We deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs 11:23 Ancient Egyptian art 12:14 Mummies…why 13:30 Ancient Egyptian brain extraction 14:02 What did ancient Egyptians eat? 14:47 How did the Rosetta Stone decipher hieroglyphs? 16:00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead 16:50 Scarabs in ancient Egypt 17:24 Women’s stature in ancient Egyptian society 17:49 Did ancient Egyptians like sex? (Yes) 18:22 Do all ancient Egyptian deities have animal heads? 18:53 New tech leads to new discoveries Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.