Ancient Hieroglyphics Reveal Shocking Information About Ramesses II | Blowing Up History

An Egyptologist attempts to decode ancient hieroglyphics etched into The Temple of Karnak to uncover who the architect of the ancient building is when she accidentally uncovers a forgotten story of politics and deceit featuring Ramesses II, the builder.

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[TheDarkknight]

Ramesses: and i would had gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.

[sentotalkacili]

I see Dora The Explorer getting mature and older

[lindamulholland]

That's like finding a painting under another painting ! Egypt is such a beautiful place, and their statues and structures tell the history of these pharoahs .

[syedaraziqa]

The story of Ramese 2 is mentioned in quran . 👍🏻👍🏻

[barondelafuenteyfernandez]

Hieroglyph: Man standing on a snake with a hawk mask looking at a bird sitting on a beetle.

Egyptologist: This is an interesting inscription which speaks of an event in which the pharaoh’s chief consort drew water from a well and mixed it with blood and honey as an offering to Ra, then the underworld opened and produced three blind maidens of darkness who tormented the pharaoh for his lack of wisdom and unfortunate choice of a spoiled and arrogant prince to act as heir apparent to rule over the lower kingdom with frightening domination of the populace.

Me: um... ok

[Markus_Andrew]

I'd love to be able to see what these places looked like back in their day.

[dennispavlizke]

The main one translated into: Jeffery did not kill himself!

[lilycollins]

This isn't shocking . most people already figured that out. History is told by the victor and the last to walk out of the ruins.😹

[helunanova]

Nobody's gonna talk about this dedicated woman doing great detective work for humanity?

[karlheeren]

Wouldn't "Laser 3D Scanning Technology" be a much less labor intensive way to get accurate records of the columns?

[robertbutler]

It looks like some people were full of themselves thousands of years ago and here I'm thinking that only happens today!!

[johnrodgers]

One time, someone carved J.P. in a desk. So I added a line to the P. so it said J.R. and I added the date...so everyone would know when I did it.

[garycole]

Incredible that humans were able to create these durable monuments without heavy machinery.

[aaronsilva]

*"Why are they using mirrors and a hydrolic accordion lift?"* _the flashlight asked the drone._

[robluna]

And Seti 1 probably carved his name over someone's too.

[danielbalev]

0:04 :-) why that reminds about the dogs, pissing around to mark their territory :-)

[two-moonz]

According to the App used at the Iowa Carcass 2020, Ramses II now has a 10% lead over Bernie Sanders.

[susettesantiago]

Yes...and can you imagine what the ancient Greeks and Romans stole and turned around and said it was theirs...everything...

[standavison]

Use laser scans. External lighting impacts are eliminated. Then use software to reveal very small details.

[genesissephiajesus]

Love archeology. Thi is a great time for being able to unravel mysteries, thank you for sharing!