Who Made Ancient Egypt's Most Iconic Masterpieces? | Scribes of Ancient Egypt | Odyssey

Few things are more instantly recognisable than art from ancient Egypt. But who were the craftspeople behind these exquisite works of art and how did they create them? Discover the world of the scribes of ancient Egypt and the meaning behind some of this period's most famous works of art.

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[ancientsitesgirl]

How nice. Greetings to all egyptomaniacs!✌

[Gainn]

The opening music in this is so good.
The composer is Roberto Baccherini and the vocalist is La Jeanne (Jane Breduillard).

[motojunkie]

I imagine there's still a ton of stuff under all that sand that hasn't been discovered yet.

[sallessiiwillmahrok]

I've been fascinated by the Ancient Egyptians since I was in primary school. I remember doing a presentation on the history of Ancient Egypt for my History class in high school and topped my class. I'm 30 yrs old now and I still find myself fascinated by the culture. Would definitely love to visit the country and see the pyramids before I die. ❤️😊

Writing from Australia 🇦🇺

[soujirou]

This was amazing, i was looking for some documentaries more specific about ancient egypt besides its history. The music specially the ending theme with the analogy of actual egypt is fascinating

[rocioaguilera]

The most wonderful culture of antiquity.
Me and my family admires them.
Thanks for this excellent video

[Mandarava]

This is one of my favorite videos about A Egypt. Love it, very educational. I have learned a lot and appreciate the art even more.

[mattymatthews]

A great way to spend an orange-less Sunday evening, Why o’why do I let myself be taken in with all the news when there are excellent videos out there like this.

[UATU.]

I love the individualized faces at 30:15

[angiewunderlich]

This civilization is so fascinating what cleverness behind this culture....amazing wonderful docu..👍👍👍👍

[rafaelguerreros]

Been to Egypt twice and seen everything..
And loved every bit of it...lots of friends would go again in December. Ancient culture ❤️❤️....food is really good and cheap. Beautiful place

[TheWordOfGodIsFictionProveIt]

Absolutely loved this documentary! Thank you!

[ande]

I could watch this for hours! Thank You!

[StephiSensei]

A very lavish presentation, despite a few technical (voice over) and linguistic (interpretation) errors. (And, that this is the same video I believe I saw a year ago under a different title?). Thank you.

[arturdornellesferreira]

what an insightful, well written and directed doc! extremely well shot, the montages are very good in illustrating what the scholars are saying, congratulations to the team which produced this documentary👏 i have seen many others on ancient Egyptian art but this one was really the first one to actually make me have an even more complex and whole new and understanding about how Egyptians perceived and created images and texts

[premgogdia]

Simply wao no words to say they were very much develop than today's world

[escapee]

I wonder if some artisans worked on their own tombs and sarcophagus

[Ravyne]

Wonderful documentary. Do me ears detect Peter Coyote as the narrator here? Me thinks so!

[shaniell.mathur]

Ancient scribes of India are called - KAYASTHA. Very similar history to the scribes of ancient Egypt. Great video. thank you for uploading

[mysterythecat]

Too bad the voice over conflicts with the original speakers. Music transitions are jarring. Balance between talking heads could be improved.
These take me out of the documentary experience.