00:00You were traveling through Egypt, got lost from your group, and ended up in an ancient pyramid.
00:06Three passageways lie before you.
00:08The first leads to a room filled with gold.
00:11The second is hidden behind a stone slab with an image of the sun.
00:15And the third one leads you to a dark tunnel with a chilling breeze.
00:20Which pathway leads you to safety?
00:22Here's a tip.
00:23You should follow the beliefs of ancient Egyptians.
00:30You should pick the second path.
00:37The Egyptians believed in the power of the sun.
00:39So perhaps that's your safest choice.
00:44It's your first date with an archaeologist.
00:46He takes you to an ancient site and shows you the inscriptions marked on the wall of an old sacred site.
00:52You notice there are several numbers on the wall that form a sequence.
00:56Two, three, five, seven, eleven.
01:00But the other numbers are blurred.
01:02He asks you if you can figure out which numbers come next.
01:06Can you?
01:06The numbers that follow would be thirteen, seventeen, nineteen.
01:20This is a sequence of prime numbers, which can only be divided by one and themselves.
01:25A team of archaeologists discover two statues in an ancient city.
01:32But after a few studies, they uncover that one is a fake.
01:37One of the statues is made of marble and the other is made of bronze.
01:41Both look flawless and untouched by time.
01:44Can you tell which one is fake?
01:55It's the bronze one.
01:57Real ancient bronze statues end up a bit greenish due to oxidation.
02:01So if this statue looks brand new, it means it's fake.
02:07It's quiz night and the theme is ancient Egypt.
02:11To win a hundred dollars, you need to answer correctly.
02:14How many husbands did Cleopatra have during her life?
02:18One, three, or four?
02:28It's believed she was married three times.
02:31Her first two husbands were her brothers.
02:33And the last was the famous Mark Antony.
02:39You're walking deep within the desert in Egypt when you come across an ancient building with three sand pits in front of it.
02:46Each pit contains a half-buried object.
02:49The inscriptions on the wall warn you that only the pharaoh's gift will open the door to the temple.
02:55You see a golden scarab on the first pit, an ancient staff with the sun emblem on the second,
03:01and a stone Ankh tablet on the last one.
03:04Which sacred object should you pick?
03:15The ancient staff.
03:17That's because the golden scarab is a symbol of wealth,
03:20but it was often placed in tombs as an offering to the ones who passed away.
03:25The Ankh represents life,
03:27but sacred stone symbols in tombs were often part of protective magic.
03:32Touching them could trigger a curse.
03:34The sun plus the staff were symbols of power and authority of the great pharaohs.
03:39A time machine takes you back to ancient Rome.
03:45When you arrive at the door of an old temple,
03:48the guardian of the temple gives you a vase with the equation
03:51I-X plus X-I equals what, written on it.
03:56It's your task to figure out the result.
03:58What's the answer, genius?
04:00The answer is XX, or 20 in our language.
04:13I-X in Roman numerals stands for 9, while X-I is 11, so the total sum is 20.
04:21You're at your best friend's house.
04:25She's a mystic and believes in the power of symbols.
04:29She asks for your help to choose the logo of her new company,
04:32based on ancient Egyptian beliefs.
04:34She asks you if she should pick a star, the moon, or the sun.
04:39What do you think she should pick?
04:49To have a prosperous business, she should pick the sun.
04:53In ancient Egypt, the sun represented the deity Ra.
04:57The sun represents vitality, warmth, light, and prosperity.
05:04You're doing your master's in ancient Greece,
05:07so you take a semester to go abroad and study the culture closely.
05:12One night, during a fancy dinner party, a professor challenges you.
05:16She makes you choose one out of three cups.
05:19The first cup is labeled with the symbol, Psy,
05:23and it's a drink used in sacred rituals.
05:26The second is O, and it's the drink of rulers and kings.
05:31The last is L, and contains river water that leads to oblivion.
05:36Which cup should you choose to gain more wisdom for your masters?
05:39The first one.
05:49The Greek letter Psy is a symbol often associated to the psyche,
05:53which can probably reveal great things about one's inner world.
05:59Your archaeology group decides to explore a long-sealed resting place.
06:03When you enter the main chamber, you discover an inscription that says
06:08that whoever touches the serpent's sign shall know eternal sleep.
06:13What must you avoid touching in this place, explorer?
06:15Well, you should never touch the cobra symbol.
06:28In ancient Egypt, the cobra was a protector of the pharaoh,
06:31but was also associated with some pretty hardcore curses.
06:35This term's history test is filled with questions on ancient civilizations.
06:43To get an A+, you need to answer this one correctly.
06:46Which of the following monuments was built first?
06:49The ancient Sphinx, the Tower of Babel, or Machu Picchu?
06:53The Great Sphinx of Giza.
07:04It dates back to around 2500 BCE.
07:08The Tower of Babel is mentioned in ancient texts,
07:11but has no confirmed historical date.
07:14And Machu Picchu was built much later,
07:16around the 15th century CE by the Inca civilization.
07:19Your crazy scientist friend let you use his time machine,
07:25but it was led by an AI that made you answer a question before using it.
07:29It told you that to travel to ancient Egypt,
07:32you needed to know which of these things the Egyptians weren't masters of.
07:37Architecture, mathematics, astronomy, or golf.
07:41Can you guess?
07:42Can you guess?
07:49It's golf, of course.
07:52Ancient Egyptians were master builders and mathematicians.
07:55They were also readers of the sky,
07:57but they hadn't figured out golf yet.
08:00You find yourself in Crete for a family vacation.
08:04You decide to explore an ancient labyrinth,
08:06and you come to an intersection.
08:08The first path is marked by a bull's head.
08:11The second is carved with a spiraling seashell.
08:14And the third leads to an open doorway,
08:17but there's smoke coming out of it.
08:18Which path should you choose?
08:28The second one.
08:30In ancient Greece,
08:31the civilization of the Minoans revered the sea.
08:35The spiral pattern represents life,
08:37eternity,
08:38and spiritual energy.
08:40So I bet that's the way you should go.
08:44You were watching a movie with your friends
08:46about the great sphinx of Giza.
08:48When you spotted some serious factual mistakes.
08:52The movie said that the sphinx lost its nose
08:54after a heavy thunderstorm.
08:56But you know that it's not sure.
08:59You ask your friends to pick one of the most popular myths
09:02regarding the sphinx' ripped nose,
09:04asking them if it was either Napoleon's doing
09:06or an angry man's fault.
09:09Which of these is the correct answer?
09:11One of the biggest myths says it was Napoleon
09:21who destroyed the sphinx's nose.
09:25Your favorite barista is feeling funny today
09:27and asks you to answer a history buff question.
09:30If you had to travel back in time
09:32and choose the civilization that built their cities first,
09:35who would you choose?
09:36The Mayas in Mexico?
09:38The Mesopotamians in the Middle East?
09:40Or the Romans in Europe?
09:41Since you're a genius,
09:52you said the Mesopotamians.
09:54The first city they built was called Iridu,
09:57and it was built around 5,500 BCE.
10:00Your archaeology teacher asks you
10:03to go to the public library to find a rare document.
10:07You ended up finding an old inscription
10:09talking about a ruler named Augustus.
10:12Based on his name,
10:13do you think he belonged to the Mayan civilization,
10:16the Minoans, or the Romans?
10:25He belonged to the Romans.
10:27Augustus was the first emperor of Rome, genius!
10:33Your friend accidentally time-travels to an ancient city
10:36where people are speaking Latin.
10:39To find them and bring them back,
10:41you need to figure out where they are.
10:43On the top of your mind,
10:44you think it can be Athens, Rome, or ancient Babylon.
10:48Which city do you look at first?
10:57Rome, Latin was the language of the Romans.
11:01Rome, Latin was the language of the Romans.
11:02The Monoans.
11:09The Kyon
11:10You
11:13You
11:15You
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