Mary Beard is the history professor we all wish we had.

@jeanstran

11 ай бұрын

we have her now!

@robertafierro5592

11 ай бұрын

She's a Rock Star, alright!

@bwktlcn

11 ай бұрын

I’d love to just sit down and listen to her talk, and I’m almost 60. To have her as a teacher back when I was in college?! I would have been over the moon. I’d probably have spent my life cleaning dirt off of pot shards, and likely have been much happier.

@ramlahibrahim9252

11 ай бұрын

what do the various bones means?

@candykane4271

3 ай бұрын

I had a good one…it’s why I’m here, sparked the interest for a lifetime.

9:35 If I were Mary, touching those ancient jewels, that for me would be one of the highlights of my life. To be that close to a person who lived so long ago and marveled at the same object must feel really special.

@squee599

3 ай бұрын

I agree! I once stood in front of original sketches by Michelangelo whom I greatly admire and it really struck me that the actual man had held this piece of paper hundreds of years ago and now I was gazing upon it. Awe inspiring.

@TheKoolbraider

Күн бұрын

I'm afraid if I got hold one piece they would have to pry it out of my fingers! Or just let me live there for a few years.

Mary Beard shows so much excitement while she talks, she's not just spewing facts for a documentary. You can tell she genuinely loves the subject, this is what makes me excited to watch her. She's what every teacher should be like in a classroom.

@holeshothunter5544

Жыл бұрын

yeah, bias.

@benguamralatifa7952

Жыл бұрын

Indeed.She is absolutely amazing.I never miss her videos.

@LolaOpheliac

Жыл бұрын

@@holeshothunter5544 you're such an embarrassment

@LClarke

11 ай бұрын

It's a shame that she is so embarrassingly puritanical.

@ramlahibrahim9252

11 ай бұрын

what do the various bones means?

The way Dame Mary Beard doesn't shy away from analyzing anything is quite admirable.

As with all of Mary's documentaries, I sat absolutely absorbed for an hour without noticing the time wizzing by. Wonderful historian and a wonderful storyteller, as are all the best historians.

Mary could make a documentary about paint drying interesting.

@iamnotu79

2 жыл бұрын

…so agree!! Ahaha

@travanderson373

2 жыл бұрын

Mee too

@stephenbiggins9114

2 жыл бұрын

I bet if you annalized paint drying down to the specific microscopic and chemical processes it could be quite interesting🤔.

@loganstroganoff1284

2 жыл бұрын

No she couldn't

@macjames3289

2 жыл бұрын

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These documentaries are so in depth but they're not just robots spitting info at you it feels personal and more human and I love it

Yes, Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrim are two of the best historical narrators I've seen in a very long time.

For some slavery was a kind of Greencard to Roman citizenship and not just freedom. An interesting subject to explore far more.

I absolutely love the Ancient Cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, I have never been to either of them, yet it is documentaries like this that take me many steps towards feeling like I actually "have" been there. Thank you.

@kayfitzgerald309

2 ай бұрын

Same here!! Wish I had the funds to go!😊

Because of watching her documentaries, I have been to both Herculaneum and Pompeii! Once is not enough ! I learnt more history from her than in school!

History was my favourite subject at school and still is, how I would love to spend a day with Mary. Lucky students.

I’ve always been fascinated with this part of history..normal lives living , cooking, gardening giving birth…

I would have absolutely adored history if I’d had a teacher like Mary Beard, she seems to be able to make mostly anything super interesting lol. She can read my grocery list sound interesting.

@tlims6401

2 жыл бұрын

😄😆😁😁

@hjhj742

2 жыл бұрын

Excuses

@theaxe6198

2 жыл бұрын

Her writing is so accessible.

@redmi9834

Жыл бұрын

We had one in our school who was the RI teacher. She was near retirement, but when she told those Old Testament Bible stories she really made them come alive. We were on the edge of chairs and looking forward to the next class with her. 'Long dead now but not forgotten by me and many others perhaps. That was one wonderful school. I wept so much the day I walked out of that school gate for the last time.

@saragrant9749

Жыл бұрын

I was gifted with a history professor in college- taking just a required history class for my major (every major has those same “must take basic core classes) who was just like this. He taught me to love history and helped me become a registered historian.

'Like a cross between Las Vegas and Brighton.' I will never think of Pompeii, Las Vegas or Brighton the same again!

I used to work in a museum many years ago. I worked closely with the curator and Mary reminds me so much of her. The curator sadly passed away and I still miss her every day, watching this and being reminded of my old friend is wonderful. I do enjoy watching Mary

I wish Mary would make a million documentaries!

@johncooper3636

2 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!!!

@feliciaalbanese3338

2 жыл бұрын

She is wonderful at storytelling

@robertauld1334

2 жыл бұрын

She is outstanding..

@JaesadaSrisuk

2 жыл бұрын

True, but she’s a chair of Classics at Cambridge - she still needs to teach, write, research, etcetera - the real stuff that historians have to do to further the field/get paid.

@iknobetter5961

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah she gets to the shit

Pompeii has held a fascination of mine for years.

@kayfitzgerald309

2 ай бұрын

Me too 😊 if I believed in reincarnation, I might believe I lived there!!!😮

I love her right to the point approach. No filter or beating around the bush. Mary's a gem.

Wonderful Mary, with the face of an angel, breezily talking about phallic wall impressions, prostitution and sewer remnants, only makes me love her more.This is such a remarkable compilation of information, and, of course, Mary brings everything to life.

40 years ago, I read a yellowed volume, translated from Italian to Greek to English called A Day In The Life Of A Roman. It wasn't the later book of the same name which was pale in comparison but thick with a copperplate title page and tissue overlay. A great deal about the various translations, author, biography, credentials, footnotes in the back, reference material, however, beautifuly written, rich with detail, and long, interesting, descriptive passages You could smell the smells and at least 3 interesting chapters were nightime in Rome. What the varying people did from early evening on. It was 75 years old when I read it and it belonged to a chum's mother in England. I still rememember it vividly. Everything Mary has shown in past videos and much more in vivid detail.

@bethewish

2 жыл бұрын

Hi id LOVE to read the book your talking about but its not coming up on google. Any chance you have the authors name and a date from when this book was published and translated? Thanks so much!!

@TarpeianRock

Жыл бұрын

Probably Jerome Carcopino ‘s La vie quotidienne à Rome. Daily life in Rome. Original French but many translations.

@patriciapalmer1377

Жыл бұрын

I thought there was a French translation, after posting, and wasn't completely sure of it. Thank you. It was sold to a dealer and I'd often thought about asking her to look up the title for me in the old library inventory and kept forgetting to.

@patriciapalmer1377

Жыл бұрын

@@bethewish see note appended from Michael Kerger regarding same. Good luck ~ Pat

Another astonishing documentary by Mary Beard. Straight to the point, no text book clichés kept me interested from start to finish, and wanting more.

@ramlahibrahim9252

11 ай бұрын

what do the various bones mean?

We were just out for a dinner as a family discussing our trip to Pompeii and our visit to the brothel! It was only 6 years ago but the kids were 12-16 yrs of age, so their memories differ. We always laugh at how my youngest looked around and said, "Oh! These must have been their offices, right?" 😂😂😂 She was kind of right!

@PC-Phobic-Jean-Rene

6 ай бұрын

Children, --- sweet innocence!

@moorek1967

4 ай бұрын

You took your kids to a brothel to look at porn?

@DontThinkso-kb9tc

13 күн бұрын

The daily grind lol

I absolutely love Mary Beard, such an amazing story teller and the amount of knowledge she has is incredible ❤ such a treat to listen

@billbedworth4713

Жыл бұрын

Just as it was Plinney

There's something in her that makes me want to watch or listen to an almost hour-long documentary 😄 Kudos to the team as well, those shots are great 💕

@user-hq9wh9hq7n

2 жыл бұрын

I do. I put her doccies on and listen to it for background "noise"

I love how Mary touches these antiquities, without gloves, and just beams about it. I would love to do that. It's amazing to me to think that you could wear something so incredibly old and be connected to someone from that time.

@melissasaint3283

2 жыл бұрын

I imagine she has to clean her hands in a specific way beforehand to avoid leaving oils on the antiquities

@NicoleCzarnecki

Жыл бұрын

@@melissasaint3283, she probably also had to use a special powder on her hands; and she did mention that she was not allowed to wear some of the jewelry.

AAaugh!! Another fabulous documentary by Mary Beard who literally takes us into the past. I love these! Thank you, Mary Beard!!

Having been to Pompeii, I much appreciated this documentary and the chance to view some of the more spectacular finds which were not on display at the site. The cellar she described had not been discovered at the time of my visit, and her examination of these remains was very revealing. One thing omitted was the making and selling of the city's most in-demand product, garum, a sauce made from fermented fish, that was exported throughout the Roman world. I much enjoyed her dialogue and insights into this dramatic event. Nature is neither kind or unkind, but such events can and will happen again in volcanic areas throughout the world. In the geologic record, there have been volcanic events that have been much larger in scale than the eruption at Pompeii with ash flows covering hundreds of square miles and impacting much larger areas with world-wide consequences.

@eldermillennial8330

2 жыл бұрын

Sigh. I missed my chance to see it because I caught a bad cold just before our journey to Italy and was just TOO tired to go. The plane ride in particular kicked my butt, as my cold clogged ears just wouldn’t fully POP! Having narrow Eustachian tubes and sinuses didn’t help, to say the least. I was deaf and delirious for half the flight until one ear managed to slowly squeeze out most of the pressure, but the other never gave way fully until we landed. Sigh.

@flowerchild777

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldermillennial8330 I'm sorry for your loss

@OceanSwimmer

2 жыл бұрын

Mary discusses garum --- it's manufacture, export, and use during ancient Roman times. It's in another video.

@abdulbinlatik2052

Жыл бұрын

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@OdeInWessex

Жыл бұрын

@Catatan Info Nope. What we know about the Universe is far more interesting than ancient and unprovable origin myths kzread.info/dash/bejne/mHetrLRqZLytqdI.html

I love to see ancient Rome through Mary Beard's eyes. The awe, the respect, the excitement of seeing those people who lived 2K years ago and were the rulers of the known world! I wish I could have the privilege of attending one of her classes. Thank you Mary for allowing me to see the Roman culture through your eyes....it is a gift.

@jefferyindorf699

Жыл бұрын

You do have the privilege of attending her lectures, this is for all intents, and purposes, this is one of her lectures.

In my dream life I am in Mary's classes at Cambridge. If you are or have been one of her students, I so envy you! Profs with a passion are the best

It is joy to listen bright and beautiful historian women Mary beard. 💐

I never have Roman History classes at school and only through personal interest that I have read about Roman History , this documentary really open up my eyes about how the Roman live , this documentary is so in depth and extremely resourceful and educational.

@marieantoinettev712

Жыл бұрын

There were no Romana as Roman’s, there were a lot of Arab “Romans” in there from what I saw here in the drawing and at the museum working in military, art craft, pottery, trade and politics. Ex: Cesare Philip the Arabian

I can't get enough of Mary Beard's books and documentaries!!! I wish she could be cloned!!

These areas look so immaculate. Are you saying that is was all filled with ash and that it was all removed? That seems almost an impossible task to accomplish. Hats off to the crews that did a fantastic job!!!

It shows what a great social leveler death in calamity is. An interesting tour of Pompeii, and Herculaneum. Thank you.

So interesting how she makes ancient Pompeii 79 ad come to life and before that. Love her walking around through the artwork the people and how they lived. Fantastic

I wish I had this wonderful lady as my teacher here in America.. I could listen to her all day and just soak it all up. She definitely has the gift to teach … if you are one of the lucky ones to spend time with her even for five minutes, treasure it ….

@stevenobrien557

Жыл бұрын

She hates America and said you deserved 9/11.

@michaelstearnesstearnes1498

Жыл бұрын

I often wonder how different my life would have been if I were fortunate to have had a teacher like Mary Beard.

@InFltSvc

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelstearnesstearnes1498 Yes she is an amazing lady that can easily be related to that one can learn so much from her. But I bet she would say to me, it’s never too late to learn and that is why I soak all her work up as I can as well as others like her.

@DontThinkso-kb9tc

13 күн бұрын

I had many teachers like her in America. You just don't find em much these days because colleges turn everyone into brainwashed liberal dolts.

We visited Pompeii earlier this month and it was spectacular. I couldn’t help but feel somehow connected to this place.

Poignant. Human. Brilliant. Dream filled. Thank you for making History so present to us.

Mary Beard, as usual in her books and documentaries, makes alive all circumstances how the Romans were living in that ancient times. I always enjoy drive back in ancient time listening her again and again!

Great presentation as always. Mary can really bring life with her readings of epitaphs.

@roadsectoradventures

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@eleusis7778

2 жыл бұрын

indeed

@fisterwilson6528

2 жыл бұрын

She is a historically adorable

Mary is a wonderful speaker

I got to admit I'm getting such giggles listening to ms. Beard cussing through out this documentary. I'm enjoying it 😂😂😂😂

I had a history teacher my freshman year of highschool, she was almost as enthusiastic as the lady and I loved her class so much!!!

Watching something narrated by Mary Beard or David Attenborough is like being taken there. Two WONDERFUL professionals.

@joehoy9242

4 ай бұрын

See also : James Burke.

Mary Beard and Joanne Fletcher NEED to an episode together!! This does seem top be a re-upload though.

I lost it, when she made a grimace while suggesting the bath house was a type of massage parlor with fringe activities! She is great by the way!

I’m obsessed with watching these !!

@Kaas84NL

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@sarahmaisey9049

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@shirleycorkrum9871

2 жыл бұрын

Me to

@martiwilliams4592

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!!

I think this maybe the most interesting and fabulous documentary I've ever watched.

Just finished Prof. Beard's book SPQR....awesome read. Informative and accessible.

@PLuMUK54

2 жыл бұрын

It's on my "to be read" list. Moving it up to the top now.

@theaxe6198

2 жыл бұрын

Read Fires of Vesuvius. So good

Mary's eyes were like a kid's on Christmas morn when she tried on the bracelet! Her enthusiasm is endearing, and it's good to know she's retained it after three decades of being a Don at Oxford (Doness?) It really helps me to feel I'm there. "Dry old academic" would not be my description.

I am absolutely thrilled by this broadcast!! Awesomely produced and narrated!! Roman history is absolutely fascinating!! Thanks a million !

@onhis_mark3639

Жыл бұрын

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@rachelhenderson2688

8 ай бұрын

Especially when told by the wonderful Mary Beard. I could listen to her all day!

Fantastic documentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mary is spectacular!!! More teachers could benefit from watching her.History is not boring! She proves it!!! Love from Vermont

Thank you Mary Beard for making history come alive literally!! You are BRILLIANT!! Love and great respect to you!!! Tamsen Roberts in Riverside California...

Bless you for using words that allow us to connect with our ancestors in a funny and familiar way (willies😂). Absolutely loved this documentary and found it fascinating. Also, I will never complain about bread again! So happy to not have bits of millstone mixed into the crumb of my loaf.

What an incredibly in-depth entertaining lesson on a dark piece of Roman history. Thank you, Mary.

Meryl Beard is one of my biggest favorites

@andrewdaley5480

Жыл бұрын

Mary. 😁

Seeing my two favorite UK tv Roman archaeologists/historians together is such a treat.

Mary Beard is the Boss !

Things change all of the time but the fundamentals remain. That is how come we can relate to, feel perhaps, what these people might have felt. They were human beings, just as we are, though we now have smart phones. Thanks for this story! 🙂

I love history and am very happy you are sharing this information with us. I prefer visiting through your videos to treading these amazing paths.

I'd love to see a follow up where they do the facial reconstruction of some of these people, or even more interestingly a DNA check on them to see relations. Macabre, but very very interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode!

Mary you have given us a fascinating appraisal of post 79 BC in Pompeii Your presentation makes learning history a pleasure Thank you

Such a wonderful lesson, not just in Pompeii, but in humanity and compassion which oftentimes seems to be missing from our ancient history...

I would have loved to be one of her students!! She makes learning about history so extremely fascinating and so truly enjoyable!!

Thank you Mary, what a great lesson ! Told extremely well!

Such a great presenter… very good.

@lostammo9026

2 жыл бұрын

Yes she is i like her and Rick Steve's

Thank you Mary for this marvellous and fascinating history of the rich and poor of Pompeii. Xx

I love Mary Beard's Documentaries!

@barbaracreel2777

2 жыл бұрын

I love her accent.

Thank you very much for details, Pompeii has fascinated since1953 when Master Crotty told of the fate of Pompeii. I visited London in 1976 to see the Pompeii exhibition , visited Pompeii in 1981 after the earthquake, and was disappointing, but I was fascinated by the pedestrian crossing, the one way traffic and the lead pipes supplying hot water from Vasuvias. I had a morbid curiosity about a place that stopped living 2000 years which lived much like Los Vagus is living today.

I just adore Mary bread such a amazing passion for history

Thank you The story of Pompeii is totally evocative and moving. I find it fascinating and have travelled half way around the world a number of times to visit this beautiful part of the world.

This brilliant woman is an absolute treasure. I am completely addicted to these videos. I just wish I were intelligent enough to attend Cambridge and enlist in her classes.

Me encantó este bellísimo trabajo de investigación de la profesora Mary. A cada cierto tiempo es increíble la cantidad de cosas que se descubren y que nos ayudan a entender mejor esta sociedad romana de Miles de años atrás. Grande aprendizaje!!

I love Prof. Beard. She invigorates history.

I’m surprised (shocked) they aren’t handling the remains and artifacts with gloves.

I cant help but like this lovely narrator. ❤

What a thorough and fearless scholar. I trust her objectivity and interpretations.

I really enjoyed this, thank you very much ❤

Herculaneum much smaller hardly ever mentioned suffered very much the same fate, with so much to be uncovered at both sites these stories have always held a place in my heart

She's very wise to figure out what the nos. Meant. Bravo!

Very special presentation about a very special place, thank you Mary. 🌱💜

The mind-blowing lifestyle they experienced. It is amazing absolutely!!!!

It’s not surprising that they discovered everyone head an equally diet. Pompeii was a desirable place to live and therefore the competition to live there probably pushed out any very poor residents.

Mary is flipping awesome. Thanks for sharing this documentary.🙂🐿❤️

_Mary is a global treasure_ ❤

I had a History Professor like her called Judith Hook. She was one of two awesome history lecturers at Aberdeen University in the 1980s. Really inspiring. Judith Hook unfortunately died between my 3rd & 4th years, in her early 40s, far, far too young. It devastated me. Read her books. She was a complex, intelligent, generous human being. She got the best out of you.

Thank you professor, great lesson! 💐

Wonderfully fascinating, as always clear. Thank you, Mary

Great film you made! I learnt a lot of Roman history two millennia ago. Interesting and knowledgeable. Subscribed straight away thank you Marry

Absolutely riveting! Beautifully presented!

Beautiful. Perceptive and even funny. Lovely jewelry episode! Enjoyed this terribly. Pretty good nick!

Thank you for this education on ancient Rome. I am greatful for the education as well as the entertainment I extracted for the series.

I wish I had of discovered your docs before I visited these amazing places!

Marvelous documentary! Thank you for sharing

Everything that everyone else has said - Fantastic Stuff!!!!!! Thank You

Beautiful documentary! thank you so much madam for making it. 👌🏽

Thank you Mary for your wonderful insight to Humans in the past and present!

Thanks so much for posting

Truely enjoyed wonderfully done. Thankyou