AncientEgyptCivilization

Afterwatchingthedocumentary,Ihavetosay,thisdocumentaryisgreat.Asafanofarchaeology,IhavewatchedmanyDocumentaries,andsomebooksabouttheancientEgypt.Whatdisappointedmewasthatallofthemhavetheproblemsofunilateralortoosimple,andsomeevenoverstatethemysticalpartthatfarawayfromthetruth.Thisdocumentarynotonlyavoidtheseproblems,buthastherightmixoftherigorousacademicandsimplewordswhichmakethisdocumentaryiseasytobeunderstood.Atthesametime,thelogicofthisdocumentaryisalsoclearandlogical.Allthetendiscoverieshaveconnectionwitheachother,andthetransitionisnatural.Inaddition,thescreenisverybeautifultoo.Allofthesefactoriesmakethisdocumentarygreat.ThedocumentaryintroducestengreatestdiscoveriesofancientEgypt,fromthesestendiscoveries,arelativeauthenticancientEgyptisshowninfrontofus,andchangeourminds.Normally,formostofus,theancientEgyptisequaltomummy,pharaoh,pyramid,andthat’salmostall.Wethinkthelittlepartweknowisalmostall,buttherealancientEgyptismuchbetterthanourthoughts.Allofwemodernpeoplebelievethattheancientmeansignoranceanddropbehind.Howcanweimaginethatseveralthousandsyearsago,ancientEgyptianswerealreadyknewtousethenaturecrackstominehugestones,andtousetheflametocutthestonefaster.Althoughtheyhadnoequipmentbuthumanlabor,theystillmadetheamazingsculptures,obelisksandbuildingsthatsurprisethepeopleafterseveralthousandsyears.Ofcourse,whatamazingisnotonlytheartworktheymade,butalsotheirseriousattitudeandpurerelief.Theunfinishedobeliskisthebestexample,itissohugethatover1000tons,andwecanseeitalreadyhastheshapeofaobelisk,butjustasacrack,thewholeobeliskwasabandoned.Itseemedstupidfoeme,amodernpeople,butnotforthem.AncientEgyptianshadverystrongrelief,thattheycouldnotstandevenalittlemistakeontheirreligionobjects,andthatiswhatwemodernpeoplelack,aseriousattitudetowork,apureandstrongrelieftolife.IfIhavenowatchedthisdocumentary,Iwouldneverimaginethatthepyramidsweremadebyworkers,andtherehadcomplexsocialstratum,what’simpressedmemoreisthatheyevenhadbenefitsforworker.Truthislouderthanwords,ancientEgyptismoredevelopmentthanwhatIthoughtbefore.Accordingtothedocumentary,therearestillsomanysitesburiedunderthecityinmid-partofEgypt,whichmeanstherealancientEgyptmightbemoredevelopmentandlagerthanwhattheacademiccircleknownow.Unfortunately,duetothecityabovetheburiedsites,someexcellentbuildingslikethelosttempleofAkhmimwillnotbedigoutsoon.YoungTutankhamunismyfavoritepharaoh.Heisreallyfamousallaroundtheworldfromthedayhewasfound,soIknewhimwhenIwasinprimaryschool.Themurdertheory,andhis“deathcurse”reallyattractedmeatthattime,andthecutefaceonhisgoldenmaskmademeinterestedinhim.Inmyimagination,shouldbeahandsomeking,butthefactisthathehadobviousbuckteeth!Andhisfaceisnotlikehisgoldenmaskatall.Inaddition,accordingtothedocumentary,Tutankhamunwasnotdeadbymurdering.Astothedeathcurse,itisnotbementioned,soIdon’tknowit’struthornot.AlthoughIdon’twanttoadmit,thefactisthatmostofmyinformationaboutTutankhamunwerewrong.AncientEgyptianshadverystrongrelief,sodidpharaoh.Pharaohsregardedthemasthesonofthegod.Whentheydied,theyandtheirpeoplethoughttheyshouldbethegodstoprotecttheworld,so,manypharaohs’tombshavethedrawsoftheirafterlife.SuchaspharaohSeti.Histombisjustlikeamagicspell,allthedrawstellhimhowtoresurrectionandbethegod.Thetombisjustlikearesurrection,allthedrawshavefunctionandaim,justlikecomputerprogramming.RamsesIIisadifferentpharaohwiththeotherpharaohs.Hehadtworolesatfirst,oneistheprotectorofcountry,andtheotheroneisthekingofthegodandhuman.AfterRamsesIIdefeatedhisenemies,hedeclaredhimselfasagod.HealsoconstructatempleofhimselfwhichisknownasthegreattempleatAbuSimbel.AncientEgypthadprosperperiod,butalsohaddeclineperiod.Overthecenturies,Egyptwasinvadedbysomanyempires,buttheEgyptcivilizationwasstilllastingatthathardtime.Inaddition,Egyptcivilizationchangedtheintruder’scivilization.ThevalleyofgoldenmummiesofRomanisasupportingevidence.Egyptcivilizationwasoneofthemostsuccessfulcivilizationsoftheworld,althoughthegloriousolddaysweregone,butthecivilizationstilllast.Egyptcivilization--themotherofothercivilization,hasbeeninfluencedworld,andthegreatancientEgyptcivilizationwilltakenewsurprisestotheworld.