Recent Research in Egyptian Art: Behind the Mask of Tutankhamun
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- Nicholas Reeves, Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Memorial Fellow, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The magnificent gold headpiece from Tutankhamun's tomb is the best-known Egyptian artwork in the world today. Hear Nicholas Reeves discuss recent scholarship on this exquisite mask, as he reveals the astonishing secret of this object's original intent.
my mind is blown by the attention to detail , the craftmanship and the amount of gold in Tut's chamber
Thank you for bringing us this video. I had been following Nicholas Reeves work for a long time and lost track of him. Glad to know that he is still involved in Egyptology!
thank you for the excellent research and presentation on the subject of tutankhamun's burial and artifacts. the video was educational and entertaining. your findings are credible and deserve merit. bravo. i look forward to more lectures and briefings.
Thank you for educating. Really appreciate this video
we saw the mask in a museum in Chicago may years ago...we today have people who try to repair things so we have nothing new here but still of interest. thanks
Fascinating! Thank you.
The lecturer's tone and delivery is hypnotic and as dull as you can get it...for such an exciting topic and interesting details and revelations...quite a let down!
Meguid El Nahas play at 1.25x speed and it’s a different story
Thank you for posting the video. It is informative.
I would love an update of this in light of the fairly recent suggestion of further rooms beyond Tutankhamen's burial chamber.
fascinating. so much detail, so probable. wow.
thanks for sharing your valuable research. Poor king Tut
This is a really excellent presentation! I can understand the argument that King Tut's grave goods may have belonged to the female pharaoh, perhaps Nefertiti, but in re-purposing them for the king, what happened to the female's burial? For instance the canopic jars would have held the internal organs of the female? If they had been previously used, did they scrape out the other person's organs and reuse the jars? Or were these things never actually used by the female pharaoh? Still, King Tut reigned almost ten years after the death of the female so it is unlikely such treasures would have been lying around unused. I do understand the suggestion that there are other burial chambers behind Tut's tomb, but what might be expected there if many of the grave goods were reused for Tut? And if there are other chambers for other family members, perhaps because Tut cared about his family, how did Akhenaten and Tut's mother end up unwrapped and un-cared for in another tomb? Doesn't this last observation imply there would be no other royal burial behind the wall of Tut's tomb? Even if Nefertiti is buried behind that wall, it looks like her finery ended up on Tut. Even if the goods were reproduced for the female, Tut's burial was apparently rushed so how would they recreate items for the body that seems to have been stripped? It all seems to go around in circles in my mind.
Yes! You noticed.
The apparemt damage (holes) made in the mask are very important but not to simply secure the flail.
Brilliant thank you
If "you" haven't seen the "Mask of Thuthankhamun" or Thut, in Egypt, and haven't had a CRUISE on the NILE ... then, you haven't seen anything , or have "never" been anywhere! For this is not only about Architecture, it's also about The Biggest Art & Culture!
if he was found with the mask on I think they should put it back on him the way way it was found
THATS SAFE COME ON IT WOULD HAVE GONE LONG AGO
only one were mummy is in tomb so yes what is your point go to VOK
@Jeremy Kirkpatrick Still calling other adults names after all these years, i've noticed the madness has calmed down a bit from you though. Good job !
I don't think is a mistake, he only gave us another theory, because it is not 100% probed who was the one who wrote the letter...
THAT IS CORRECT BUT IT SHOWS SOMETHING A BIT DODGEY WAS GOING ON WRITING REQUSET LIKE THAT TO PAST FOE
So any missing status on the skull impacts the reconstruction efforts on the mask?
I noticed that when Howard Carter had the third coffin opened the gold mask had a necklace around its neck and ever since 1922 when the tomb was discovered the gold mask when it was finally put in the Cairo museum the necklace on the gold mask was missing
Cater took the necklace & he broke off one of the the things he was holding.
Apparently Carter took a number of small objects from the tomb. Some of them were found years later in a hidden panel in Highclere castle. The original deal was Carter and Carnarvon were to get half the treasures of the tomb, but the Egyptian government didn’t keep its word and they got nothing. However Carter continued to conserve the tomb’s contents despite all. Whatever he ended up with he probably deserved-too bad he had to resort to taking it.
Parts of that necklace You’re referring to you showed up at auction recently, luckily they were noticed by an Egyptologist and repatriated.
* you’re referring to showed, not you’re referring to you showed
Is there an Osiris connection to the mask or is it just Tuts likeness?
it may seem like a silly question but were the pieces of glass that were displaced when Carter had to get the mask out of the resin somehow lost? Why weren't they removed from the unguent resin and restored into the back of the mask? I understand that this would mean modern work having to be done but surely it would have been more respectful to take the displaced pieces and replace them than dispose of them and leave the back of the mask appearing damaged? I can't help but think Carter would have wished for this to be done. They would surely have been able to be removed from the resin by heating and replaced? It seems strange that Carter didn't wish for this to be done when he was so excellently meticulous in so many other ways. Hmmm.
They were stored in Alfred lotts garage in the Bronx New York
Jmikey What?
When Alfred passed away in 1952 the items were left in the garage. They sold at a yard sale in 1971 when Alfred's son needed some quick cash to pay off a bookie.
Jmikey I can't work out if you're pullin my leg or what! Who is Alfred Lott?
Alfred headed the music department at alta vista middle school with his wife. He played keyboard and sang she did back up and a little tambourine on the side. He also hosted an open mike night at the Burial Grounds a death metal coffee house and headquarters for his record label Tut records . He had a big hit in the 70s recording a novelty song King Tut with the actor,and comedian of SNL fame Steve Martin. He manages and is currently recording a band working in the neo grunge/jug band movement called Nubian Dawn .
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Still the greatest archeological discovery ever
Makes you wonder what other tombs are under there.?
Diodorus devoted an entire chapter of his world history, the Bibliotheke Historica, or Library of History (Book 3), to the Kushites ["Aithiopians"] of Meroe. Here he repeats the story of their great piety, their high favor with the gods, and adds the fascinating legend that they were the first of all men created by the gods and were the founders of Egyptian civilization, invented writing, and given the Egyptians their religion and culture.
THE FANTASY AGAIN STOP BULLSHITTING DOES IN NO WAY SAY FOUNDERS OF EGYPT WERE KUSH MORE AFROBULLSHITOS TWISTOS FACTUS
I wonder who they could be😂😂🧐
A newer documentary by National Geographic, Tut's Treasures: Hidden Secrets, argues that the whole mask was indeed made for King Tutankhamun, even though it was rushed, making it all the more astounding.
Is Nefertiti, Tuts mom? She was the wife of his father. Maybe his parents lost everything and Tut simply gained these items from the misfortune of them. Tut did not continue his fathers monotheism? but instead went back to the established order of the priests?
NO ONLY HAD DAUGHTERS TIYE OR KIYE THOUGHT TO BE MOTHER TEST SHOW PRODUCT OF INSENCE
Hmmm very interesting..his burial equipment has to be some where.and if nefftti become king.she probably took them for her own funeral.and tut took hers makes sence
It's the best
am i the only one that considers the 2015 face reconstruction from the french team looks similar to his mask?
Nefertiti is Tutankhamun the British switched mummies before the public can see it.
I watched this in 8th grade art
I want to know about mask so I see this vedio
How about Nefertiti's mummy is in fact one of the two mummies in kv21? How about Ankheperure is one of Nefertiti's daughters, because the face on the canopic jars do not resemble hers.
Does this lead to the idea that now they think there are more rooms or burial chambers in Tut's tomb. That what they maybe looking for is right there...Just wondering and thinking ..Would it not be wonderful if indeed there are more rooms, more treasure and more knowledge to be gained from that site.
3runzzz O Thank you
Yes, it was an interesting theory, but supposedly the Egyptians say it is not true. However their Egyptology is so wrapped up in middle eastern politics that they are not above concealing finds until the information can be brought forth by an Egyptian team.
King Solomon was another one, he never ruled from Jerusalem today. Israeli archeologists can't find anything that old in Jerusalem from their time period, the older levels in Israel are Philistine. Solomon probably ruled from Avaris or close to the Nile Delta and what he did was loot older tombs, this was Solomons mines. The Hyksos raped Egypts gold and treasure. Even the Ark of the Covenant would fit perfectly in the granite box in the Great Pyramid.Egypt gave culture, Hyksos were destroyers.
He probably was the love child of the family!
Yeh😂
Castings flawless considering it was made 3500 years ago
In the three part documentary series called tuts treasures hidden secrets, a guy studied the mask and said that it would’ve been impossible to stick a new face on the mask without destroying the rest of the mask , which lead him to think that the mask was made for Tutankhamun and not someone else , and it was made in just 70 days, but still you could argue that 70 days wouldn’t be enough time to make it and why are there rivets inside the mask . Mabye we’ll never know for sure if the mask was made for tut or not.
NOT AGREED HEADRESS IS SHOWN TO BE LATER ADDITION
Kemet is the ancient name of Egypt this is well documented so one would have to imagine & wonder if there language was also documented.
Kemet is in Ethiopian language saved
Kemet is in Ethiopian language mystery
Somalian language. Qurahda
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this opening mouth thing, how's that happening with a mask on
Damn!
She look like Jada!
Nefiti would of been buried as a king.so all tuts equipment is her e equipment as a co regent was given to tut.she is buried eles we're
At (1131) if He knows so well the details of Tut,s gold He must also know where does it coming from !! Stones ,megaliths can be traced to original mining spot - applies even more to gold !!- If He knows , telling only the half truth ,if ,does,nt - not worth for presentation .
Zoltan Juhasz I believe that tut was indeed taken at an young age and is the greatest after his father
I haven't viewed this video yet, but it occurs to me that the Pharaohs' headdress are in the shape of the pyramid and the number of lines on the headdress may have a significance?
New research has proven that the gold mask WAS made in 70 days specifically FOR Tutankhamun. The research was done when over 5000 king tut objects were gathered for the new one billion dollar museum in Egypt. Case closed, it WAS made for Tutankhamun. The speaker says some things as if they were fact when they are not, its only his opinion.
NOT REALLY IT IS THOUGHT TO ORIGINALLY A WOMAN ADAPTED FOR KING IE HEADRESS ADDED TO FACE ETC
Do you have any source for such claims?
I think the mask was made for Tutankhamen. What an awesome artist made it, whomever he was!
Who is the man who did this 🙄
Far be it from me to critique an academic presentation, but the monotone delivery of this lecture is the auditory equivalent of watching paint dry. However, it does contain some interesting information.
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A huge mistake at the end, Nefertiti didn't try to marry a Hittite prince, her daughter tried.
We are not sure who wrote that letter to the Hittite king. We think it was Ankhesenamon but we are not sure.
King Tut's Mask, to me, the the most perfect piece of art ever...surpassing even the Mona Lisa.....anyway, stop bickering, folks. "Ancient" Egypt was not Arab...that came later with the early Moor-ish invaders. Many if not all of the ruling classes were probably "Black" African (Sub-Saharan, etc.). Just look at the walls and the features of the mask, etc. I also hear that nations like Nubia, etc. were very advanced. Early Egyptology was careful to protect Euro-centricism/slavery.
Art is stylized. DNA of the actual mummies is not, and contradicts your "sub-Saharan" theory. Egypt's ruling class prior to the Nubians, Persians, Greeks, etc. was indigenous North African. They are a Caucasian (but not "white") people. The so-called "black" Pharaohs were Nubians of the 25th Dynasty.
MooPotPie...YOUR SILLY RACIST BS IS OVER.SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THE OVERWHELMING TRUTH.MANY ANCIENT DESCEDANTS STILL LIVE IN EGYPT,OBVIOUSLY BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+MooPotPie Art is not that "stylized" lol. don't you also classify other black northeast Africans like Oromo and Nubians as "Caucasian"? your racial categories are stylized.
Another historical revisionist. Egypt has always been part of the Middle East, not Africa per se.
They were Black but many were native Black North Africans.
Not a mistake ...
why are these artifacts in new york? where are your own and what did they learn from this wonderful culture? otherwise your limiting this to just decoration and gossip which it is still it is much more one could say they are artifacts, in addition, contracts , why is nicholas reeves reading from a text like a hollywood script? these actions cannot be erased now, the questions will eventually be answered if it wasnt for educational purposes than what was this about?
ARTIFACTS ARE SENT OUT TO MUSEUMS ALL OVER WORLD USUALLY IN KEPT IN EGYPT IDIOT
There were no "recycled" objects in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The inscriptions are co-references, not simply successive markings.
It would be insult for a king to reuse funerary equipment.
If the tomb had been robbed, why was there "precious metal" for Carter to see?
It makes no sense.
The tomb of Tutankhamen was breached during ancient times by robbers, but they were caught immediately and did not carry off much, if anything. The tomb was resealed and the tomb of one of the Rameses was built nearby and that tomb concealed the entry to Tutankhamen’s. Believe me, there was more than enough gold for Carter to discover! Just the three coffins and that mask were hundreds of pounds of pure gold.
The oils, lotions and balms were easily drained, carried away and resold. You can't easily carry large gold objects out and if you are found with them, you are caught. The oils were worth their weight in gold and no one could trace them.
He may be good at his job, but hes a bit of a boring speaker
Tutankhamun was a Black man. The liars may try as hard as they can to obfuscate but the truth is evident!
HOW OLD ARE YOU???YOU DO KNOW THEY HAVE DONE DNA TEST AND OTHER TEST,,,HE WAS NOT BLACK...HE WAS EYGYPTIAN...GROW UP AND DO RESEARCH BEFORE YOU SAY STUFF THATS SIMPLE NOT TRUE...
@@realdjtoddthunder1323 Kemet was an African civilization come out of your cognitive dissonance.
Afronazi moment.
Egypt was a colony
@@madzen112 shut up, animal
Ahkenaten, the father of King Tut, was the most hated Pharaoh of Egypt. It is obvious that this lineage is NOT Egyptian but a mixed Hyksos invader lineage that tried to enforce a foreign god named Amen onto the Egyptians. This Amen is none other than the god of the Hebrews-or Shepard Kings. King Tuts golden mask is stolen ancient Egyptian treasure then later used by a Hyksos.
Shut the fuck up. Liar.
There isn’t much to support that theory. Hyksos and Hebrews were different peoples. However, I have always felt there is a lot more to ancient history than we know. New information is always coming to light.
Tutankhamun's tomb was not "adapted" and certainly not a last-minute preparation.
I say respectfully, learn to read the tomb(s).
"learn to read the tomb(s)". Really, this is your argument? Nice expertise genius.
Nefertiti is Tutankhamun
The British switched mummies
Before the public could see it.
Tutankhamun is a female
You made a big mistake, you had no right to un peace them.