Ancient Egypt Expert Rates 8 Ancient Egypt Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Egyptologist Anthony Browder rates eight ancient Egypt scenes from movies and television for realism.

He analyzes the accuracy of the mummification process depicted in "The Mummy" (1999), with Brendan Fraser, and "Moon Knight" (2022), starring Oscar Isaac. He also comments on pyramids and ancient ruins in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), starring Harrison Ford; "Gods of Egypt" (2016), featuring Chadwick Boseman; and "The Ten Commandments" (1956). Browder discusses famous pharaohs, kings, and queens depicted in "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014), "Cleopatra" (1963), and "Tut" (2015).

Browder is the director of the ASA Restoration Project, which is the first African American-funded archeological excavation in Egypt. The ASA is currently excavating three 25th-dynasty Kushite tombs. He is also an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of books such as "Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization."

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[saturnv]

It always amaze me that we are closer to Cleopatra, than she was to the Great Giza Pyramid.

[michaellynes]

The scene with Imhotep and Anck-su-namun murdering Seti I was based off an actual incident known as the Harem Conspiracy, a plot to assassinate the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III in 1155 BC. The principal figure behind the plot was one of the pharaoh's secondary wives, Tiye, who hoped to place her son Pentawer on the throne instead of the pharaoh's chosen successor Ramesses IV, but mainly organized by the court official Pebekkamen. The plotters succeeded in killing the pharaoh but failed to establish Pentawer on the throne. In the aftermath, the leading conspirators were convicted and executed. Papyrus trial transcripts reveal that the conspirators were prescribed 'great punishments of death', and archaeological evidence led to the suggestion that at least one of them may have been buried alive. So the Harem Conspiracy and its aftermath was the inspiration to “The Mummy.”

[devalarees]

I was really not expecting Raiders of the Lost Ark to get a 10 for historical accuracy.

[SculptyWorks]

I'm afraid I must point out a few inaccuracies in this video.
11:19 - He's talking about the 'Set animal', saying it's not the jackal Anubis (which is correct), but the image shown is of Set and the caption reads 'Anubis'.
11:42 - Ancient Egyptians were not 'white', but they were not sub-Saharan 'black' either. If we must assign them color, 'brown' would be more fitting.
12:06 - 'Kemet' does not mean "the land of the blacks", it means "black land", and it is in reference to the fertile silt left over by the yearly inundation of the Nile, which made agriculture possible.
13:04 - Chadwick Boseman was one of the only good things on that movie, give him an 8/10 at least!
14:34 - There is plenty of evidence that Cleopatra VII was strongly influenced by her Macedonian Greek ancestry as far as her looks go.
14:41 - The picture shows an image from the tomb of queen Nefertari (wife of Ramesses II), not Cleopatra VII at Kom Ombo temple. Nefertari's name is right there for those who can read hieroglyphs!

[matthewshelley]

This man is not an Egyptologist. He was a Fine Arts major at Howard and is completely self-taught regarding everything else. His own website describes him as an "autodidact" he is NOT an Egyptologist, not a Historian, not an Archaeologist, just a guy who self publishes a LOT.

[theredveld]

Kemet means "Black Land" and refers to the rich, alluvial black soil left on the banks of the Nile following the annual inundation. This is in contrast to "Deshret" ("Red Land"), i.e. the surrounding desert. Whilst his point about the ethnicity of early archaeologists is totally valid, the term "Kemet" has nothing to do with race.
(I'm an Ancient History teacher and studied Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs for 2 years)

[WIckdNInJa]

My wife is actually an egyptologist. And she ususally couldn't stop shaking her head no, when we watch TV Shows or movies based on ancient egypt :D The makers usually don't give a damn if it's acurate. The most important thing is: it should look like ancient egypt.

[penguintaco]

Egypt translated as "Black Soil" because of the yearly flooding of The Nile River which have fertility to the land which was pretty harsh already. Ethnicity really wasn't a thing back then.

[SkepticalChris]

In surprised that when he addressed Cleopatra's skintone, he doesn't mention at all that she was from the ptolemaic dynasty of rulers who were Macedonian origin meaning that she was likely eastern Mediterranean Caucasian in skin tone.

[AspectHistory]

For more information about the Canopic Jars. There were only 4 jars because (other than the 4 organs to be removed) they represented the 4 sons of Horus. These sons were manifestations of the directions of North, South, East and West.

[aidanrogers]

I’m surprised he didn’t mention that Cleopatra would’ve looked more Greek than native Egyptian, as she was a descendent of Ptolemy, a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who managed to seize control of Egypt after Alexander died. From him until Cleopatra, his descendants ruled Egypt and then it was brought under full control of Rome, rather than a client state.

[qazwerty]

Just so everyone knows, this guy is a conspiracy theorist. On his own website, he calls himself an “autodidact”, meaning he has no formal education in Egyptology. He’s had social media posts where he talks about “Kemet” which instantly show his ignorance and lack of knowledge on the subject. I really thought insider was better than this. I wonder how many other of their “experts” are just hacks.

[pmc]

The flail is an agricultural instrument that is likely representing the fertility of the land. A flail is used the thresh wheat and wheat production was incredibly important to Egypt, being the source of much of it’s wealth and power.

Some historians interpret as an instrument to keep order. The crook representing the softer guiding of the flock with the flail representing the harder authoritarian side. I’ve never read or heard anyone describe it as a tool to swat away flies and the enemies of Egypt.

[jordanhedington]

I’m glad he brings up the trope of the “archeologist” absolutely destroying ancient tombs and artefacts. I hope the new Indiana Jones movie will be a bit more sensitive to these things, in the old movies, as great as they are, he’s basically a glorified grave robber who routinely desecrates incredibly important sites that, if they were real, could have given us incredible insights into way the people lived

[OmarAli-dqon]

The ancient Egyptians weren't British white guys nor they called themselves as black
While it's sad seeing an "Egyptologist" lying about the meaning of kemet nothing brings more pride as seeing someone wishing he belongs to your people and your ancestors

[timothyhouse]

Kemet didn't mean "land of the blacks." It means "the black land." It is referring to the fertile strip of land on each side of the Nile. Yes, Egypt is in Africa, and there were "black" people in Egypt but to think that they all looked like sub-Saharan Africans is ridiculous. Also, Cleopatra was of Greek origin, the ancestor of one of Alexander the Great's generals, and whose family tree was a straight line.

A lot of what this man says completely flies in the face of other PROMINANT Egyptologists, many of which are EGYPTIAN. DNA analysis has concluded that the modern Egyptians are direct descendants of their ancient ancestors.

[kevinwallace]

Anthony Browder gives no slack in his ratings, these movies better hope he gives out some extra credit

[thebratqueen]

It's unfortunate that the Moon Knight clip was taken completely out of context. The show itself explains the reasoning for the unusual placement of the ushabti and both in the scene and elsewhere in the series they call out the harmful destruction and theft of Egyptian artifacts and how wrong it is for Steven to touch anything. If an expert was going to comment on the Egyptology of the series it would've been so much more worthwhile and a better use of his time for him to talk about any of the other scenes involving that, rather than the one the show straight up tells the audience isn't accurate. Missed opportunity there, sadly.

[michaelkhayry]

Ancient Egyptians weren't black like the sub-saharen blacks, they had light dark and dark skin but not the african face features

[franceskinskij]

everyone with a bit of culture knows "kemet" means "land of the black mud"