History's greatest fall from fame - the most famous person you've never heard of

Thanks to Wondrium for sponsoring today's video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/afEQ50L1ikj For many centuries, one historical figure was the second-most famous person in the old (western) world, but has since been forgotten. Who was it? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Picture credits: Osiris image by Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons Anubis image by Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Out-of-focus Ra image by Louvre Museum (typical, eh?), CC BY-SA 2.0 FR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons Nubians image by Charles Wilkinson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Egyptian boat model image was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60933574 Sophonisba images by: By Giambattista Pittoni - Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4816908 Nicolas Régnier, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://www.europeana.eu/en Buy the music - the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://outloudmerch.com/collections/lindybeige More videos here: All Lindybeige:    • All Lindybeige   Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make. ▼ Follow me... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lindybeige I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Lindybeige My website: http://www.LloydianAspects.co.uk/ Channel page:

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